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Maglite BB Gun
1. waruwaru says:
You are gonna shoot your eyes out!
2. Pulsa Denura says:
Because it is a hack and it is cool.
3. vonskippy says:
Ya know what would be really cool, a flashlight that was a bb gun AND a weed bong, yeah, that would be cool, wouldn’t it, mmmmm, bb gun dope bong, cool, ya, really cool.
4. slowJim says:
Seems cool but where’s the video?
5. macegr says:
Oh wow, charging a 1000fps-capable system with an unreliable and touchy trigger system, then muzzle-loading it. We have a winner here.
6. smee says:
So its a mini piston exhaustive valve. Neat.
Essentially it uses the schrader as a pilot. When it triggers air behind the piston (which has a rubber gasket against the barrel) gets sucked back. The pressure chamber is the entire space around the barrel. It is usually a single axial design but with a tee the pressure chamber can be expanded.
Sorry for the deposition, it is just a really elegant pneumatic design that keeps coming in handy in the most unlikely of ways. Oh, and if you want to make a big’un- don’t use the rubber valves, they leak and after even marginal air cannon pressures they can become a projectile themselves. Head down to an autoparts store like NAPA and grab an all metal one complete with fittings. They are far superior.
• smee says:
Another thing…for the last time-you cannot use a medium as a compression propellent to exceed the speed of sound in that medium. Unless, of course, the speed of sound in the compressed medium is increased by applying heat.
• cyberjon says:
a pump-action bb gun shoots faster than the speed of sound
• fartface says:
News flash: Compressing air creates heat.
• Leithoa says:
The amount of heat generated when venting(from the bike pump/air compressor) and then recompressing air in the maglite body probably doesn’t occur fast enough to raise the temperature of the air or the maglite body enough to appreciably change the speed of sound.
• Speed of Bob says:
That’s funny…we do it in the lab all the time. I guess I’ll have to throw away all our research.
• Leithoa says:
Do you use light gases or convergent-divergent nozzles in your research designs?
If not could you post links to some of your research? Not doubting, just curious how you do it since I’d always heard you can’t use a compressed gas to accelerate projectiles faster than that gases speed of sound. Assuming exterior and chamber gases are at the same temperature.
7. Hack Man says:
Better than PVC but those walls are thin… aluminum – any idea what the burst would be?
8. nexusmagmus says:
This is a really nicely done hack and the speeds are impressive but i feel compelled to mention you might be committing a felony by not having a class 3 SOT permit.
9. Alan says:
OK Mythbusters – mix up some ballistic jell, load this baby with a Stainless Steel Ball Bearing, and let’s find out just how deep this can penetrate flesh. Lethal, semi-lethal or just OW MY EYE…
10. I’ve actually seen a Maglight Mini modified into a .22 zipgun a few years back. I think this hack is okay, but when there’s already a few conventional firearms made from the same thing out there, it just isn’t as cool.
• Hirudinea says:
In Canada anything above about 500 fps, even a BB gun legally IS a firearm, so if you live in a country laws just make sure building this won’t break them.
• Hirudinea says:
“a country with crazy laws”
• Ren says:
I thought Canada was metric… 500fps?
• cplamb says:
In New Jersey also. ‘”Firearm” means any handgun, rifle, shotgun, machine gun, automatic or semi-automatic rifle, or any gun, device or instrument in the nature of a weapon from which may be fired or ejected any solid projectable ball, slug, pellet, missile or bullet, or any gas, vapor or other noxious thing, by means of a cartridge or shell or by the action of an explosive or the igniting of flammable or explosive substances. It shall also include, without limitation, any firearm which is in the nature of an air gun, spring gun or pistol or other weapon of a similar nature in which the propelling force is a spring, elastic band, carbon dioxide, compressed or other gas or vapor, air or compressed air, or is ignited by compressed air, and ejecting a bullet or missile smaller than three-eighths of an inch in diameter, with sufficient force to injure a person.’
11. fartface says:
I have a .22 caliber air rifle that shoots pellets at 1780fps so if they used a larger mag light they could make an actual weapon instead of a tormenter.
12. Blodgar says:
Didn’t the Bulgarian espionage corps have something like this in the 80s? Schrader valve and all?
13. foo says:
OK… someone fill in the gap for me: Why can’t this be loaded before it’s pressurised?
14. foo says:
OK, someone explain what I’m missing: why can’t this be loaded before it’s pressurised?
• Hack says:
For this to work the piston has to seal against the barrel. I think the concern is that the BB could impare that seal during the initial pressure stage. But I could be wrong.
• Nick says:
no you’re right
• foo says:
Thanks! That makes sense. It’s an interesting design, I’d not seen it before.
So I guess if the barrel had something to prevent the BB going all the way to the piston, it could be loaded more safely before pressuring.
Presumably the barrel isn’t a great seal on the BB either, to allow muzzle loading, so energy is being wasted as air leaks round the BB?
15. kitsune361 says:
When I first saw this, why did I immediately think of the KGB and a polonium pellet?
• Nova says:
Same here, and whenever i see a full sized umbrella.
• Whatnot says:
Polonium is such a vindictive weapon, meant to slowly kill without recourse, and only once used after the KGB didn’t exist anymore in russia (they still have them in one of the old spin-off states though.)
For an assassination poison was used back in the commie times, since that eliminates the target and neutralizes him/her so the person can’t spill secrets or do harm to the cause anymore.
16. Mike says:
Sugar in No Country for Old Men comes to my mind.
17. Ren says:
I can imagine someone not wanting to ruin a good Maglite, and instead use some cheap Chinese knock-off and later wonder why it shattered as they tried to pressurize it…
18. Whatnot says:
Nothing good can come from this. the only use is unpleasant use, possibly against small animals.
Now if it was a paintball gun, then at least you can attack all the damn cameras everywhere.
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Syria's Assad says country will allow access to chemical sites
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) -- Syrian President Bashar Assad said his government will allow international experts access to its chemical weapons sites, but cautioned in an interview broadcast today rebels might block them from reaching some of the locations.
In an interview with Chinese state TV, Assad said Damascus is dedicated to implementing a Russia-U.S. agreement to surrender its chemical weapons to international control. According to the accord brokered last week in Geneva, inspectors are to be on the ground in Syria by November.
Damascus met a first deadline under a U.S.-Russia agreement aimed at swiftly ridding Syria of its chemical arsenal, submitting last week what supposedly was the full list of its chemical weapons and production facilities to the U.N. agency so they can be secured and destroyed.
In the interview with the Chinese TV filmed Sunday in Damascus, Assad said Syria already has handed a list of chemical weapons to an international agency. He said his government will ensure experts arrive "at the places where we produce and store our chemical weapons."
"I don't think we have any problems with that," he said, adding some experts might find it "difficult to reach those places due to the local security situation."
U.S. officials said last week Washington and Moscow agreed Syria had roughly 1,100 tons of chemical weapons agents and precursors, including blister agents, such as sulfur and mustard gas and nerve agents like sarin.
The revelations of Syria's chemical weapons arsenal became public after an August attack near Damascus the U.S. and its Western allies say has contained a nerve agent and killed 1,400 people.
The attackers sprayed the car with bullets Sunday, killing al-Libi, which is not a real name but a nom de guerre, according to the group's statement, published on a militant website Sunday.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an activist group that monitors the conflict, confirmed al-Libi's death, saying he was killed along with 12 other al-Qaida fighters near the village of Hazanu, 6 miles away from the Bab al-Hawa border crossing with Turkey.
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PHI@MIA: Hamels strikes out 10 Marlins over six
MIAMI -- Cole Hamels probably had it right Monday when he stormed out of the visitors' clubhouse at Marlins Park without a word.
If he had spoken candidly, imagine what he might have said?
The Phillies lost to the lowly Marlins, 5-1, so there could have been any number of things on his mind. It could have been the fact the Phils lost for the fourth time to a team on pace to finish 46-116. It could have been the fact Philadelphia is 1-9 in his starts or the offense has scored two or fewer runs in 40 percent of its games, or maybe that the Marlins, who have a historically anemic offense, scored five runs against them.
It could have been any numbers of things.
"I think it's a lot of tight ballgames, his contract," Phillies pitching coach Rich Dubee said, referring to Hamels' six-year, $144 million deal. "He's an accountable guy just like Doc [Roy Halladay]. He's probably one of the bigger faces of the Phillies, and he wants to be accountable for that, and not winning probably weighs on him, and I think losing Doc weighs on him. We're down one of our aces and I think that's weighed on him. Again, this is an accountable guy who wants to win."
Hamels allowed seven hits, two runs and struck out 10 in six innings. He walked zero after walking 13 in his previous four starts. He would have pitched longer, except Phillies manager Charlie Manuel had to remove him for a pinch-hitter in the seventh with runners on first and third and one out and the club down a run.
It should not have come as a surprise the Phillies did not score. They have scored two or fewer runs in 18 games (40 percent) and three or fewer runs in 25 games (56 percent).
"He needs some runs," Manuel said of Hamels. "He needs to pitch with a lead sometime and have room to breathe and room if he makes a mistake. Yeah, that's a concern of mine, but I don't know what we're going to do about it."
The Phils' offense has been trending downward over the past few seasons. Asked why he remains optimistic his batters will hit, despite evidence that suggests otherwise, Manuel said, "History of Delmon Young is he's a better hitter than what he's showing right now. He has 50 at-bats. He's having a hard time getting going. We're going to lose [Carlos] Ruiz for a while. I still think Michael Young and [Chase] Utley and I'm hoping [Ryan] Howard will come back and hit a streak where he'll really help us.
"We have Jimmy Rollins. [Domonic] Brown is improving. We have some spots where if we get going we might be able to muster some offense. Hopefully that's what will happen. We're so inconsistent. When your team is hitting .245, you're inconsistent. That's inconsistent. That's the bottom line."
But the fact remains the Phillies lost to a team that is on a historic pace for offensive ineptitude. The Marlins entered the night averaging a meager 2.66 runs per game, which would be the fifth-worst mark in baseball since 1884. The 1942 Phillies are the only team since 1909 with a worse average (2.61 runs per game).
Miami's .599 on-base-plus-slugging percentage also would be the lowest in baseball since the 1972 Rangers (.581).
"Against us, they score," Manuel said.
The Marlins took a 1-0 lead in the first when Adeiny Hechavarria singled to right field, stole second, advanced to third on Derek Deitrich's single to center and scored on Marcell Ozuna's single to center.
Hamels settled after he allowed a triple to Chris Coghlan to start the second. He retired 12 of the next 13 batters as the Phillies tied the game in the second when Domonic Brown hit a solo home run to right field. It was his team-leading eighth homer of the season.
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Out of the many funds that concentrate on India, the most technology-heavy are the PowerShares India Portfolio (PIN) and the iPath MSCI India ETN (INP), each weighted roughly 17% in global outsourcing names like Infosys (INFY), Wipro (WIT) and Patni (PTI).
INP at least has a massive overweight in india's high-flying banks ICICI (IBN) and HDFC (HDB) to balance the outsourcers in their weakness. Effectively doubling down on the financial sector -- a 25% allocation in INP, as opposed to barely 11% in PIN -- made a huge difference.
The relatively new large-cap Nifty 50 India fund (INDY) has fared a bit better than either INP or PIN, largely due to its combination of an overweight to banks similar to what INP offers and a slight underweight away from technology. The differences may only account for 3% to 4% of the fund's holdings, but all together they still give INDY an incremental edge: the fund is up 7.3% so far this year.
And the best performer of the pack has been WisdomTree's India Earnings fund (EPI), up 8%. This portfolio has benefited from all the edges discussed so far, including the lowest allocation to technology at 11%, the highest allocation to banks at 26% and a middle-of-the-road 17% weight in energy.
Of the four, only EPI has beaten the S&P 500 year to date. However, it hasn't topped the broad Mumbai market itself, where the BSE index is up 8.4%.
Bringing the BSE into the discussion gives us a place to look at just what the role of technology really is in the Indian stock market. Granted, the tech sector accounts for three of the six biggest India stocks that trade in the United States -- INFY, WIT and PTI -- and about half the total market capitalization in the group.
Add Tata Consultancy, which runs the biggest IT shop in the country and doesn't trade over here, and technology accounts for maybe $100 billion in market cap.
That's a huge chunk of the Indian equity that U.S. traders can directly access via American depositary receipts. But this still isn't the Nasdaq. The banks HDB and IBN are roughly equally as big as INFY, WIT and PTI put together, and counting their non-U.S.-traded counterparts, the sector also clocks in at a little under $100 billion.
Ultimately, India itself is a $1 trillion market. Of the four funds we've looked at, only EPI comes close to reflecting that real-world weight -- so it shouldn't come as a surprise that it's come closest to providing accurate exposure to the underlying Mumbai market's actual performance.
A "true" India fund might assign more or less than 10% of its assets to banking and technology and another 15% to energy, although none of those stocks trade in the United States, so you'll need either a foreign brokerage account or the right "hybrid" mix of ETFs.
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The Low Representation of Women in the STEM Fields
Initially, I planned to focus my web event #3 to answer the questions presented at the end of the web event #2. The questions are “what should the society do to encourage more women in the STEM fields? More specifically, what can I do to encourage fellow women to pursue further education in the STEM fields?” However, professor Dalke had suggested taking the prior step to inventing my own methods. As recommended, I looked into researches on the pedagogy and some of the pedagogical programs that are currently in act. As I attempted to find various programs on helping more women to pursue careers in the STEM fields, I faced another problem. I still do not fully understand the causes of the low representation of women in the STEM fields other than those presented in the first web event. In the web event #1, I presented two causes that lead to the small number of women in math and science fields. The two causes are “the dull atmosphere of science classes” and the incompetency of women’s brains to learn science subjects. Instead of completely buying the two reasons, I found the latter one skeptical. Hence, I had dedicated the second web event to explore the validity of the theory of biological differences between men and women and how they contribute to the underrepresentation of women in the STEM fields. Referring to several books and articles, I came to a conclusion that women and men are equally capable of learning quantitative subjects. I supported the conclusion by emphasizing that the belief of influence of biological differences between men and women on learning aptitude is largely biased and not accurate. Since one of the two causes I stated in the web event #1 was found to be false, I knew only one legitimate reason for my paper topic. Although it may seem unnecessary, I value the importance of learning more causes, which will help me understand the pedagogical suggestions more easily. Thus, I stepped back a bit, once again, and concentrated on studying more reasons behind the low representation of women in the STEM fields.
Fortunately, plenty of articles and books present many research experiments from which they discovered that there are no innate differences between brains of men and women. It also seems there are many educators who believe in the capability of women to learn and enjoy math and science courses. Though women are as equally competent as men are in learning in the STEM fields, the problem of the small number of women still exists. Two professors of the University of Kansas, Barbara Kerr and Karen Multon, “published a study showing that the ability alone simply isn’t enough for women to excel in the STEM fields…” (Krings) As I looked more carefully into many studies on this topic, I was able to find many causes. Out of many different factors discovered, two of them were most frequently mentioned: the gender bias and the lack of female role models in the STEM departments.
Believe it or not, there still exists gender bias in today’s society. In an article, Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM), De Welde claims that “people create normative beliefs and stereotypes about gender that affect the way they perceive the behavior and attributes of women and men.” (De Welde) The popular “beliefs and stereotypes” towards gender can and do influence at various settings, including workplaces and schools. Since the gender bias had become a norm in our society, it often gets practiced unintentionally. Since the actions under the gender bias are done subconsciously they are hard to detect and correct.
The gender bias produces noticeable gender segregation in physical science. The author of the book, Physics and Math, states that “World War I was chemists’ war; World War II was the physicists’ war.” (Schiebinger 1999, pg. 164) Perhaps it is inevitable but to admit that the military aspect of the physical sciences plays a significant role in creating a more firm gender difference between men and women. For instance, “the imagery of male pregnancy and birth surrounding the production and testing of the atomic and hydrogen bomb: the A-bomb was ‘Oppenheimer’s baby’ and H-bomb ‘Teller’s baby.’ Successful bombs were males: ‘Fat Man’ and ‘Little Boy.’” (Schiebinger 1999, pg. 166) Hence, the reason why “women are so poorly represented in physics and other physical sciences … [is] not because it is harder conceptually, but rather because of its image, culture, association, and organization.” (Schiebinger 1999, pg. 169) The close relationship between the military and the physical sciences arouses the gender bias in the field of physical sciences. The existence of gender bias not only discourages women to pursue their careers in the field of physical sciences, but it also generates a vicious cycle of female status in the STEM fields. The cycle builds up and even solidifies the well-known belief that men are more competent than women at learning the STEM subjects. In her article, Palek expresses that “often unconsciously, gender bias reinforces the idea that men ‘naturally’ excel in disciplines using spatial and quantitative skills and that women conversely ‘naturally’ excel in fields utilizing language skills." (Palek) As seen above, the gender bias resulted in naming all the successful bombs as males, which form certain reputations of male as strong, aggressive, and successful. The formed images of men then draw an unspoken conclusion that men gave more contribution to the invention by naming the bombs after them and hence supporting the well-convinced belief of male’s higher aptitude of learning STEM subjects. The vicious circle does not end there. It “inhibits many talented women and girls from entering STEM careers.” (Palek) Though “earning STEM credentials and higher education is one of the best ways to move women and their families out of poverty.” (Palek) The lack of encouragement for the women by agreeing with the “normative” belief hinders the female students to become financially independent and stable.
In addition to the gender bias and as part of the vicious cycle, there is a tremendous lack of female role models in the STEM departments. De Welde recalls one of the outcomes of the gender bias in her article, Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). “At higher levels of STEM education, the percentage of women continues to decline…though women earn nearly half of mathematics bachelors’ degrees, they earn only 27% of doctoral degrees.” (De Welde) The statistics for the mathematics department is even more shocking. “Almost half of the math majors in the United States are women, but only a quarter of the math Ph.D.’s, less than 10 percent of tenured faculty, and 5 percent of tenured professors in Ph.D.-granting departments.” (Schiebinger, pg. 170) “More tellingly, in 1992, women held only 5 of 288 tenured positions in the ten most prestigious math departments. Despite near equality at the undergraduate level, potent myths surrounding mathematical genius work to exclude women at the professional level. (Schiebinger, pg. 170) As part of the vicious circle, the decline of women in the higher level of the STEM education results in another inevitable consequence. As female students continue in their education in the STEM departments, the chance for them to meet a role model or an inspiring female figure is very low. To female students, the presence of role models dramatically influences on their persistence. “Women students look to faculty as role models for balancing career and family, and if career demands are seen as excessive, may leave their department in higher numbers than men. Women scientists benefit from role models and mentors who are cognizant of the differential experiences of women and men in the sciences.” (De Welde) The lack of female faculty members in the higher level of the STEM fields brings another disadvantage. “The theory of ‘critical mass’ asserts that as representation of women increases, so will their access to important resources and social networks.” (De Welde) Hence, the cycle starting with the gender bias creates a vicious cycle that keeps creating outcomes that are disadvantageous for the female students in the STEM fields.
In my web event #1, I discovered that “the dull atmosphere of science classes” is partly the reason for the decreasing number of women pursuing education in the STEM fields. Even though this paper is my last one of this semester on the topic of low representation of women in STEM fields, I spent the time to familiarize myself with other causes, instead of rushing to find a solution. As I read several books and articles about the causes, I discovered that gender bias existed everywhere, including work places, schools, and even any moment influences the female students’ decision. Also, as the presence of role models has a big impact on women’s lives, the lack of female faculty and staff at the higher level of education leads to the small number of female students pursuing careers in the STEM fields. Having learned about a few more causes of the low representation of women in the STEM fields, I will be able to better understand the pedagogical theories.
De Welde, Kristine, Sandra Laursen, and Heather Thiry. Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). Rep. Web. 15 Apr. 2012. <>.
Schiebinger, Londa L. "9. Physics and Math." Has Feminism Changed Science? Cambridge, MA: Harvard UP, 1999. Print.
Krings, Mike. "KU News Release." Study: Privilege Not Indicator of Women's Success in STEM Fields. The University of Kansas, 5 Mar. 2012. Web. 20 Apr. 2012. <>.
Palek, Jessica. "Recruiting and Supporting Women and Girls in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Careers." The Huffington Post., 04 Mar. 2012. Web. 15 Apr. 2012. <>.
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Interrupting the Pattern?
I appreciate your explanation, @ the beginning of this essay, of why you need to "step back" a bit, once more, in order to better understand the reasons so few women pursue work in STEM fields. I agree entirely that you can't begin encouraging more of them to do so, unless you understand more fully why they are reluctant to participate in the first place. Whatever pedagogical innovations you might propose need to address the perceived lacks. So: this is a good move to begin.
You go on to identify two important factors in the continuing lack of female representation in STEM fields: gender bias and the lack of female role models. Women continue to experience the phenomenon of "stereotype threat," as "the image, culture, association, and organization" of STEM fields continues to be insistently male. The Catch-22, as you explain, is that there is no "critical mass" of women in these fields, to interrupt this "vicious cycle."
And so, the question remains: what to do? How to interrupt this pattern? What pedagogical innovations are needed? Having spent the semester laying out the problems, will you try to answer some of these questions in your last web event?
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Political poetry and stuff...
Been thinking recently about the vexed problem of how to write about the political situation of the present age. I had a poem accepted and printed in The Robin Hood Book, one which was a cut-up including the words of Bob Diamond, CEO of RBS and a commentary on a picture by Paul Klee. Now, that is definitely political - its intent is at least partly satirical - but its other, and perhaps major, impulse, is aesthetic. The mixture of two languages - corporate speechifying and art crit - is what interested me as much as any message it had.
Being in such an avowedly political anthology, however, has made me think about how poetry can be 'political'. I have a great deal of sympathy for the position of George Oppen, who gave up poetry rather than become a mouthpiece for a political ideology. Poetry is about language, primarily; and its duty is to language not to ideology. Oppen's poems nevertheless have a sympathy for, and involvement with, 'the small nouns' and with the ordinary life of the planet; but they're not trying to impose an idea of the world onto the world. The same is true of Charles Reznikoff, whose documentary-style are incredibly moving without ever trying to impose a meaning, or indeed a feeling, onto the reader.
This is often what's missing from political poetry. A lot of political poetry seems preachy to me. I often find myself agreeing with the sentiment, disagreeing with the way it's stated. Besides which, it's often stating the bleeding obvious: capitalism is bad, poverty's bad, let's all get together in solidarity and fight The Man or The System.
Ultimately, what I like about the Objectivists, including Lorinne Neidecker, and the English poet Elaine Randall, is that their poetry allows the voice of the other through the words of the poem. They take a step back from imposing their meaning on the world; they're looking for what the world can say to them.
It's not the only way to be political, though. I was rereading Ian MacMillan's The Er Barnsley Seascape Poems yesterday: a sequence that is as political as it is funny, that sets up the absurd notion of Barnsley as a seaside town, celebrates the non-word 'er' and manages to be very moving and angry about the decline of Yorkshire mining communities all at the same time. His poetry can often be very funny, and sometimes that's all it is, but often the humour comes barbed with a political edge that makes it catch on your mind and sympathies like a fishhook.
Politics isn't just about ideas; though ideas are important. It's also about the way we live together. Poetry isn't always the best place to preach ideas; but it can be about how we live together. That, to me, is where political poetry is at its most effective, and that's where I'd like my poetry to be. On the side of the 'small nouns' not the big imposing ideas.
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Aidan Semmens said...
I was having this discussion, or something very like it, with a couple of other poets the other day. My answer to the question put by one of them, "How can I write a political poem?" was twofold, only superficially paradoxical.
1 How can you write a non-political poem?
2 If you have something you want strongly to say about a current situation, poetry is probably not the way to say it. Write an essay, a newspaper article, a letter, a blog, a tweet, a short story, a comedy routine, a cartoon, a graffito first - they're all better vehicles than poetry for propaganda or polemic.
I think the best poetry starts out (and in most cases probably remains) as an internal dialogue, a way of working out your own thoughts. This can hardly be apolitical, in the sense that it's about your relationship with existence and the world; but if it isn't nuanced and at some level uncertain, I wouldn't call it poetry.
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Art is a profound and persistent human impulse. Art History explores the history of making, viewing and experiencing works of art and architecture. It asks key questions such as what is art for, what does it mean, and how does it function in broader culture? These questions will be part of a dynamic encounter with complex and compelling works of art. You will gain the historical knowledge and analytical skills to make sense of such works across time and space, to relate them to each other and to the specific historical and cultural contexts for which they were created.
You will be trained in the skills of visual and spatial analysis that are fundamental to our discipline - the ability to critically interpret the visual appearance of a given object. As well as the canonical forms of painting, sculpture and architecture, you will encounter a wide spectrum of media and art practice, from body art to video installation, from fresco to pop, from processional ritual to performance art, from early prints to land art. Studying the history of art fosters insight and skills in understanding and interpreting visual communication, expression and innovation that are highly relevant in today’s image-saturated world.
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Senior-advanced (3000 level) units deepen your engagement with the complex philosophical and methodological issues facing any scholar or student of Art History, and demand both greater depth of analysis and more focused and longer written tasks.
3000 level units of study will be available from 2015.
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The Language of God
I have been going through all my blogs the last few days to delete a 100% perfect spam job that attached some impenetrable gob of Chinese authored by someone or some computer named "sexy." In the process, I encountered one of my blogs on religion and decided to Google "The Language of God" to see what sort of nonsense there might be out there on the internet and found that some nitwit has a book titled just that. I am a couple of years late in noticing that but gratuitous slaps at religion are never too late or too early.
In an ABC news story prompting this diatribe, I discovered that former President Clinton and the "leader of the international Human Genome Project," one Francis S. Collins, are described as conspiring to claim, in the words of Clinton,
I'm sure I have blogged on the idea that there could be a language of art or music, pointing out how silly such notions are, but worse than these is the notion that the code that determines our genetic make up is written in some sort of language
which is amazingly complex. Yo, dude, if this code is so complex and wondrous how in hell have humans been able to crack it? We linguists haven't been able to understand the structure of any human language. We must be dumber than geneticists or, more likely, the human genome just ain't that difficult to crack and certainly an unworthy candidate as an example of the language of anything but a very minor god.
Actually, if the human genome is a code then it isn't a linguistic system on a par with Chinese or Spanish or Xhosa, which are anything but code like. Human languages consist of expressions that refer to elements of the natural world as well as a multiplicity of quite abstract notions (justice, democracy, infinity). The strands of DNA don't refer to things outside the organizm from which the DNA is drawn.
This geneticist must be an admirer of the equally silly intelligent design (non)theory for like it, it is restricted to one phenomenon -- the origin of the species. There is no intelligent design theory of physics or linguistics or anything other than the origin of the species. Similarly, the "language" of DNA, while it might bear the slightest resemblance to the graphical representations of organic chemistry being taught way back when (and maybe even now), it bears no relationship to the "language" of physics. Are we to say that the mathematical representations in physics are not instances of the language of God or is it that He is bilingual or multilingual, with one language for the human genome, another for physics, another for statistics, and still another for syntactical structure, etc.?
How a scientist of this guy's reputation could come up with so silly a theory is beyond my simple imagination. But then, whenever my wife says I am imagining something, my reply is allways, "I have no imagination." Neither does this dude.
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On Extended Warranties -- Betting Against the House
Now that the gift giving season is upon us, anyone buying an appliance, electronic devices that cost more than $40 or $50 (not sure where the cut off is exactly), or automobiles will face the dread question, "Would you like to purchase an extended warranty?" A certain fear kicks in. What if the thing ceases to function properly the day after the regular warranty expires? The pricer the product the greater the fear.
Yes, I did get the extended warranty on an automobile once. It was very expensive (relative to my income) and was a new, limited edition car, a turbo-charged all-wheel drive Celica. "Sexy and sinister looking" one car magazine termed it. That warranty paid off. In the rare cases since then that I have bought extended warranties, they have not been useful. In the rest, cases when I did not purchase one, I have not regretted not purchasing such a warranty.
Extended warranties provide one with "protection," which is just what one needs when one is fearful. What if the $3,000 TV breaks down the day after the normal warranty expires? Do I go out and buy another #3,000 TV? Who can afford to do that on a regular basis?
I am here to allay your fears. Words like "protection" are very comforting. However, it is important that one think through the "logic" of extended warranties. The manufacturer or merchant who offers an extended warranty is betting you that his product will not fail until after the extended warranty has expired. If you purchase one, you are betting that the product you are buying will fail -- not during the period in which you are "protected" by the normal warranty, but during the period of the extended warranty, namely for the year or two years, etc., of the extended warranty.
This is crazy stuff. The manufacturer/merchant is betting that is product is soundly enough made to function properly until at least the end of the extended warranty. He is actually standing behind his product. He could raise his price to cover the cost of his occasional duds and offer a 3 or 4 year warranty to everyone. However, he knows he will make more money by lowering his price and offering the extended warranty. When you buy an extended warranty, you are, for all intents and purposes, betting against the house and we know that when you are gambling, and buying an extended warrant is tantamount to gambling, you should never bet against the house.
The reality is that we are better off self-insuring against any product going bad during the very unlikely period of the extended warranty than to buy these extended warranties. I say "unlikely period of the extended warranty" because most things which last a year are likely to last for more than 2 or 3 more years. This is especially true of electronic devices. They tend to go bad quickly (manufacturing glitch) or after some years (wears out in one way or another). That has, at least, been my experience. If you are tempted to buy an extended warranty tell yourself this: I am now about to purchase of piece of crap that I am betting will die or need extensive repairs during the time betweenwhen the extended warranty kicks in and it expires. If you think about that, you will be protected from buying protection.
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80 goldmercurythallium
Name, Symbol, Number mercury, Hg, 80
Chemical series transition metals
Group, Period, Block 12, 6, d
Appearance silvery
Standard atomic weight 200.59(2) g·mol−1
Electron configuration [Xe] 4f14 5d10 6s2
Physical properties
Phase liquid
Melting point 234.32 K
(-38.83 °C, -37.89 °F)
Boiling point 629.88 K
(356.73 °C, 674.11 °F)
Critical point 1750 K, 172.00 MPa
Heat of fusion 2.29 kJ·mol−1
Heat of vaporization 59.11 kJ·mol−1
Heat capacity (25 °C) 27.983 J·mol−1·K−1
Vapor pressure
at T(K) 315 350 393 449 523 629
Atomic properties
Crystal structure rhombohedral
Oxidation states 2, 1
(mildly basic oxide)
Electronegativity 2.00 (Pauling scale)
Ionization energies 1st: 1007.1 kJ/mol
2nd: 1810 kJ/mol
3rd: 3300 kJ/mol
Atomic radius 150pm
Atomic radius (calc.) 171 pm
Covalent radius 149 pm
Van der Waals radius 155 pm
Magnetic ordering diamagnetic
Electrical resistivity (25 °C) 961 nΩ·m
CAS registry number 7439-97-6
Selected isotopes
Main article: Isotopes of mercury
iso NA half-life DM DE (MeV) DP
194Hg syn 444 y ε 0.040 194Au
195Hg syn 9.9 h ε 1.510 195Au
196Hg 0.15% Hg is stable with 116 neutrons
197Hg syn 64.14 h ε 0.600 197Au
198Hg 9.97% Hg is stable with 118 neutrons
199Hg 16.87% Hg is stable with 119 neutrons
200Hg 23.1% Hg is stable with 120 neutrons
201Hg 13.18% Hg is stable with 121 neutrons
202Hg 29.86% Hg is stable with 122 neutrons
203Hg syn 46.612 d β- 0.492 203Tl
204Hg 6.87% Hg is stable with 124 neutrons
Mercury (IPA: /ˈmɜːkjəˌɹi/), also called quicksilver, is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol Hg (Latinized Greek: hydrargyrum, meaning watery or liquid silver) and atomic number 80. A heavy, silvery transition metal, mercury is one of five elements that are liquid at or near standard room temperature and pressure[1] (the others are the metals caesium, francium, and gallium, and the nonmetal bromine). Mercury is used in thermometers, barometers and other scientific apparatus, although the use of mercury in thermometers has been largely phased out in clinical and scientific environments (in favor of alcohol-filled, digital or thermistor-based replacements) due to concerns about the element's toxicity. Mercury is still used in dental amalgam. Mercury is mostly obtained by reduction from the mineral cinnabar. Mercury, like lead, is a neurotoxin, and elevated blood mercury levels lead to retardation and deformities in children.
[edit] Applications
Mercury column to measure pressure
Mercury column to measure pressure
Mercury is used primarily for the manufacture of industrial chemicals or for electrical and electronic applications. It is used in some thermometers, especially ones which are used to measure high temperatures (In the United States, non-prescription sale of mercury fever thermometers is banned by a number of different states and localities). Other uses:
Miscellaneous uses: mercury switches (including home Mercury Light Switches[5] installed prior to 1970), tilt switches used in old fire detectors, tilt switches in many modern home thermostats, electrodes in some types of electrolysis, batteries (mercury cells, including for sodium hydroxide and chlorine production, handheld games, and alkaline batteries), catalysts, insecticides, dental amalgams/preparations and liquid mirror telescopes.
Historical uses: preserving wood, developing daguerreotypes, silvering mirrors, anti-fouling paints (discontinued in 1990), herbicides (discontinued in 1995), handheld maze games, cleaning, and in-road leveling devices in cars. Mercury compounds have been used in antiseptics, laxatives, antidepressants, and antisyphilitics. It was also allegedly used by allied spies to sabotage German planes. A mercury paste was applied to bare aluminium, causing the metal to rapidly corrode. This would cause mysterious structural failures.
In Islamic Spain it was used for filling decorative pools.[3]
In some applications, mercury can be replaced with less toxic but considerably more expensive galinstan alloy.
A new type of atomic clock, using mercury instead of caesium, has been demonstrated. Accuracy is expected to be within one second in 100 million years.[4][5]
[edit] History
Mercury was known to the ancient Chinese and Hindus, and was found in Egyptian tombs that date from 1500 BC.[citation needed] In China, India and Tibet, mercury use was thought to prolong life, heal fractures, and maintain generally good health. China's first emperor, Qin Shi Huang Di — said to have been buried in a tomb that contained rivers of flowing mercury, representative of the rivers of China — was driven insane and killed by mercury pills intended to give him eternal life. The ancient Greeks used mercury in ointments and the Romans used it in cosmetics. By 500 BC mercury was used to make amalgams with other metals. The Indian word for alchemy is Rasavātam which means ‘the way of mercury’. Alchemists often thought of mercury as the First Matter from which all metals were formed. Different metals could be produced by varying the quality and quantity of sulfur contained within the mercury. An ability to transform mercury into any metal resulted from the essentially mercurial quality of all metals. The purest of these was gold, and mercury was required for the transmutation of base (or impure) metals into gold as was the goal of many alchemists.
Hg is the modern chemical symbol for mercury. It comes from hydrargyrum, a Latinized form of the Greek word `Υδραργυρος (hydrargyros), which is a compound word meaning 'water' and 'silver' — since it is liquid, like water, and yet has a silvery metallic sheen. The element was named after the Roman god Mercury, known for speed and mobility. It is associated with the planet Mercury. The astrological symbol for the planet is also one of the alchemical symbols for the metal (above left). Mercury is the only metal for which the alchemical planetary name became the common name.
[edit] Hatting
From the mid-18th to the mid-19th centuries, a process called "carroting" was used in the making of felt hats. Animal skins were rinsed in an orange solution of the mercury compound mercuric nitrate, Hg(NO3)2·2H2O[6]. This process separated the fur from the pelt and matted it together. This solution and the vapors it produced were highly toxic. Its use resulted in widespread cases of mercury poisoning among hatters. Symptoms included tremors, emotional lability, insomnia, dementia and hallucinations. The United States Public Health Service banned the use of mercury in the felt industry in December 1941. The psychological symptoms associated with mercury poisoning may have inspired the phrase "mad as a hatter"; see the hatter article on the origin of the phrase. Lewis Carrol's "Mad Hatter" in his book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland was based on this fact.
[edit] Production of chlorine and caustic soda
Chlorine is produced from Sodium chloride (common salt, NaCl) using an electric current to separate the metallic sodium from the chlorine gas. Usually the salt is dissolved in water to produce a brine. By-products of this process are caustic soda (sodium hydroxide (NaOH)) and hydrogen (H2). By far the largest use of mercury[7][8] in the late 1900s was in the mercury cell process (also called the Castner-Kellner process) where metallic sodium is formed as an amalgam at a cathode made from mercury; this sodium is then reacted with water to produce sodium hydroxide.[9] Many of the industrial mercury releases of the 1900s came from this process, although modern plants claimed to be safe in this regard. [8] After about 1985, all new chlorine-alkali production facilities that were built in the United States used either membrane cell or diaphragm cell technologies to produce chlorine.
[edit] Dentistry
Elemental mercury is the main ingredient in dental amalgams. Controversy over the health effects from the use of mercury amalgams began shortly after its introduction into the western world, nearly 200 years ago. In 1843, The American Society of Dental Surgeons, concerned about mercury poisoning, required its members to sign a pledge that they would not use amalgam. In 1859, The American Dental Association was formed by dentists who believed amalgam was "safe and effective." The ADA "continues to believe that amalgam is a valuable, viable and safe choice for dental patients," as written in their statement on dental amalgam.[10] In 1993, the United States Public Health Service reported that "amalgam fillings release small amounts of mercury vapor," but in such a small amount that it "has not been shown to cause any … adverse health effects." This position is not shared by all governments and there is an ongoing dental amalgam controversy. A recent review by an FDA-appointed advisory panel rejected, by a margin of 13-7, the current FDA report on amalgam safety[citation needed], stating the report's conclusions weren't reasonable, given the quantity and quality of information currently available. Panelists said remaining uncertainties about the risk of so-called silver fillings demanded further research; in particular, on the effects of mercury-laden fillings on children and the fetuses of pregnant women with fillings; and the release of mercury vapor on insertion and removal of mercury fillings.[11][12]
[edit] Medicine
Mercury and its compounds have been used in medicine for centuries, although they are much less common today than they once were, now that the toxic effects of mercury and its compounds are more widely known and understood.
Some vaccines have contained the preservative Thimerosal (partly ethyl mercury) since the 1930s FDA report.[14] It has been widely speculated that this mercury-based preservative can trigger autism in children who are already genetically predisposed to it;[15] however, medical evidence in recent studies has shown no evidence supporting any such link.[16]
In the European Union, RoHS legislation being introduced will ban mercury from certain electrical and electronic products, and limit the amount of mercury in other products to less than 1000 ppm (except for certain exemptions).
Treatment: Research on the treatment of mercury poisoning is limited. Currently available drugs for acute mercurial poisoning include chelators N-acetyl-D, L-penicillamine (NAP), British Anti-Lewisite (BAL), 2,3 dimercaptopropane-1-sulphonate (DMPS), and dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA). In one small study [22] including 11 construction workers exposed to elemental mercury, patients were treated with DMSA and NAP. Chelation therapy with both drugs resulted in the mobilization of a small fraction of the total estimated body mercury. DMSA was able to increase the excretion of mercury to a greater extent than NAP.
[edit] Mineral occurrence
Mercury ore
Mercury ore
Mercury is an extremely rare element in the earth's crust, having an average crustal abundance by mass of only 0.08 parts per million. However, because it does not blend geochemically with those elements that comprise the majority of the crustal mass, mercury ores can be extraordinarily concentrated considering the element's abundance in ordinary rock. The richest mercury ores contain up to 2.5% mercury by mass, and even the leanest concentrated deposits are at least 0.1% mercury (12,000 times average crustal abundance). This makes mercury ore the most easily depleted of all metal ores. Depletion of mercury ores has been a major concern since the 1960s and it is now almost certain that the last mineable deposits were discovered in Algeria in the mid-1970s. Since the early 1970s, total world production of mercury has fallen from 9,000 tons to 1,600 tons due to depletion of reserve.
It is found either as a native metal (rare) or in cinnabar, corderoite, livingstonite and other minerals, with cinnabar (HgS) being the most common ore. Mercury ores usually occur in very young orogenic belts where rock of high density are forced to the crust of the Earth, often in hot springs or other volcanic regions. Most present-day production occurs in Spain, Kyrgyzstan, China and Tajikistan. Over 100,000 tons of mercury were mined from the region of Huancavelica, Peru, over the course of three centuries following the discovery of deposits there in 1563; mercury from Huancavelica was crucial in the production of silver in colonial Spanish America. Many former ores in Italy, Slovenia, the United States and Mexico which once produced a large proportion of the world's supply have now been completely mined out. The metal is extracted by heating cinnabar in a current of air and condensing the vapor. The equation for this extraction is
HgS + O2 → Hg + SO2
See also Category:Mercury minerals, Category:Mercury mines.
[edit] Compounds
The most important salts are
See also Category:Mercury compounds.
[edit] Isotopes
[edit] Reactivity
[edit] Occurrence in the environment
Amount of atmospheric mercury deposited at Wyoming's Fremont Glacier over the last 270 years
• Crustal ~7×10-2 mg/kg
• Oceans ~3×10-5 mg/l
Mercury enters the environment as a pollutant from various industries:
• coal-fired power plants are the largest source (40% of USA emissions in 1999).[24]
• industrial processes
• medical applications, including vaccinations
• laboratory work involving mercury or sulfur compounds
[edit] Precautions and regulation
Main article: mercury poisoning
Mercury should be handled with care. Containers of mercury should be securely sealed to avoid spills and evaporation as mercury can be inhaled and absorbed through the skin. Heating of mercury, or compounds of mercury that may decompose when heated, should always be carried out with adequate ventilation in order to avoid exposure to mercury vapor. Mercury should not be displayed in open containers. Most compounds of mercury are toxic, especially its organic compounds.
[edit] Occupational exposure
[edit] Mercury in fish
This is a common risk with eating seafood.
This is a common risk with eating seafood.
The complexities associated with mercury fate and transport are relatively succinctly described by USEPA in their 1997 Mercury Study Report to Congress. Because methylmercury and high levels of elemental mercury can be particularly toxic to unborn or young children, organizations such as the U.S. EPA and FDA recommend that women who are pregnant or plan to become pregnant within the next one or two years, as well as young children avoid eating more than 6 ounces (one average meal) of fish per week.[26] In the United States the FDA has an action level for methyl mercury in commercial marine and freshwater fish that is 1.0 parts per million (ppm), and in Canada the limit for the total of mercury content is 0.5 ppm.
[edit] A common warning
[edit] Release of mercury into the environment
The environmental impact of mercury use in a particular product can sometimes be complicated. For instance compact fluorescent light bulbs, which contain a very small amount of mercury (in 2004 two-thirds of CFL lamps sold contained 5 mg Hg or less per bulb, while 96 percent contained 10 mg or less), are far more efficient than incandescent lamps, and thus may overall emit less mercury to the environment than incandescent lamps, due to mercury content of fly ash from coal power plants.
The primary sources of mercury to the environment are fossil fuel burning (primarily coal) and solid waste incineration (Nriagu & Pacyna, 1988). Power plants in the U.S., according to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, are one of the main sources of mercury pollution—48 tons a year
The United States Clean Air Act, passed in 1990, put mercury on a list of toxic pollutants that need to be controlled to the greatest possible extent. Thus, certain industries that release mercury into the environment must install maximum achievable control technologies (MACT). However, a March 2005 EPA rule[28] took power plants off the list of sources which must reduce mercury to the maximum extent. Instead, a cap and trade rule was issued, with most of the reductions in mercury pollution from power plants beginning in the year 2018. States were also given until November 2006 to impose stricter controls, and several States are doing so. The rule was being subjected to legal challenges from several States in 2005.
[edit] Mercury and aluminium
Aluminium in air is ordinarily protected by a molecule-thin layer of its own oxide (which is not porous to oxygen). Mercury coming into contact with this oxide does no harm. However, if any elemental aluminium is exposed (even by a recent scratch), the mercury may combine with it, starting the process described above, and potentially damaging a large part of the aluminium before it finally ends (Ornitz 1998).
[edit] Reclamation of mercury mines
[edit] Historical references
[edit] References
• Ornitz, Barry L. (1998), “Re: Aluminium Alloys and Mercury and FEATHERS,” USENET sci.engr.chem, <gymd2.437$>, 15 December 1998. Retrieved 29 January 2006.
1. ^ Why is mercury a liquid at STP?
2. ^ FDA. Thimerosal in Vaccines. Retrieved on October 25, 2006.
3. ^ Saudiaramcoworld
4. ^ BBC
5. ^ NIST
6. ^ Concise Inorganic Chemistry- J.D.Lee
8. ^ a b Leopold, Barry R. (2002) "Chapter 3: Manufacturing Processes Involving Mercury" Use and Release of Mercury in the United States National Risk Management Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, Ohio
9. ^ Chlorine Online Diagram of mercury cell process. Euro Chlor. Retrieved on September 15, 2006.
10. ^ statement on dental amalgam
11. ^ FDA advisers: Safety of mercury fillings needs more study Retrieved 10 September,2006
12. ^ Are mercury tooth fillings really safe?Retrieved 10 September, 2006
13. ^ National Geographic
14. ^ FDA report
15. ^ Lowy, Joan (2004). Mercury: Scientists suggest mercury-autism link, recommend action. Times Record News. Retrieved on May 7, 2006.
16. ^ Zwillich, Todd (2004). Experts Reject Vaccine-Autism Link. WebMD Medical News.
17. ^ HCWH News release
18. ^ Code of federal regulations
23. ^ [1]
24. ^ [2]
25. ^ [3]
26. ^ FDA/EPA (2004). What You Need to Know About Mercury in Fish and Shellfish. Retrieved on October 25, 2006.
27. ^ Chicago Tribune
28. ^ [4]
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Saturday Night Live will look pretty different in September, as this past weekend's season finale saw the departure of mainstay favorites Fred Armisen and Bill Hader.
Armisen was on the show for 11 years and Hader for eight, so their exits leave a pretty large hole in the cast. And then there are the persistent rumors that Jason Sudeikis is likely to quit the show too, meaning SNL is potentially losing a third of its repertory players, not to mention the imminent departure of Seth Meyers for Late Night. There are, in other words, going to be a lot of new faces around Studio 8H.
To my mind, the biggest loss of the bunch is Armisen. Weird and occasionally cerebral (a mode that's better showcased on Portlandia), Armisen was the indie/Brooklyn-y cast member. Which might sound like an insult, but is really not meant to be. Armisen often went broad and ridiculous, but also had an insightful, exacting side, a real specificity to his humor, that will be sorely missed on the show.
No one else in the remaining cast seems quite as interested in doing that kind of humor-of-the-particular, but the still frustratingly underused Kate McKinnon has offered hints of an intellectual weirdness that we should see more of. I like Saturday Night Live when it's big and silly, but it was also fun having Armisen around, being a bit more sly, tweaking things in subtler ways. Here's hoping they let McKinnon really go for it next year, and that they hire someone else with those sorts of vaguely—yes I'm going to say it—hipstery interests.
For a long time Hader was best known for two things: impersonations that were a little gonzo while still accurate enough, and goofy straight-men (game show hosts and the like). But then he found a hit character in club wraith Stefon and he became one of the staples of the Weekend Update desk.
With his rubbery, malleable face and boggling vocal range, he was a multi-use player who always seemed game and genial. I think the closest current analogue on the show is Taran Killam, who has the same kind of wacked-out wholesomeness. Killam is used a fair deal these days, but he hasn't quite been given a chance to truly stand out. (He doesn't appear in desk segments all that often, for example.) It's also a little weird that they have him playing a particular kind of gay man so often — it feels repetitive and occasionally problematic, as if he and the writers think he "does gay well."
Stefon was a specific character, these other characters are just random gay dudes who all sound the same. I don't know, it's a minor gripe. Given the opportunity, Killam could move to the top of the food chain next season and I'd be happy about it.
Which is supposed to be the way of things on Saturday Night Live, isn't it? That people move up after putting in the work. Keenan Thompson finally got to the top of the heap after nearly a decade of working hard on the sidelines, though he's still doesn't have quite as much heat as other cast members. Maybe because he doesn't work outside the show terribly often.
Bobby Moynihan seems poised to break out bigger soon, on the strength of his popular Drunk Uncle character and because these other guys are leaving, clearing the way. The women's side is strong, with Vanessa Bayer getting more attention than she used to and Cecily Strong proving a good addition, while McKinnon finishes out her first full season in good (if, again, underused) form. I'm not so sure about Aidy Bryant, or her fellow Featured cast member Tim Robinson. Him especially.
Perhaps we should give him the benefit of the doubt and see what he can do with another year, but he really didn't do anything this season. I'd have to say the same thing about Jay Pharoah, who is an uncanny impressionist but is somehow never that funny.
So there is a lot of room to fill, and while some current cast members are waiting in the wings, ready to take the lead, that means we've got to restock the other shelves. Who should join the company? I'll offer some suggestions tomorrow.
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The Oscar-winning actor is playing the title role in Darren Aronofky's new movie 'Noah', and sources say he is shunning many of the modern world's inventions in order to get into character from the biblical times.
However, this includes not showering and or using deodorant, which has not gone down well with the other members of the cast and crew.
One source told National Enquirer magazine: ''He's been experimenting with skipping showers, which is something he did on 'Gladiator' as well, to get an appropriately gritty look. He has to look like a very old, very weather man for this movie but you don't want to be inhaling when he walks past. He reeks!''
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space is about to get its first humanoid from planet Earth.
Robonaut 2 -- affectionately known as R2 -- is hitching a one-way ride to the International Space Station this week aboard the final flight of space shuttle Discovery.
It's the first humanoid robot ever bound for space, a $2.5 million mechanical and electrical marvel that NASA hopes one day will assist flesh-and-bone astronauts in orbit.
Imagine, its creators say, a future where Robonaut could take over space station cleaning duties; spend hours outside in the extreme heat and cold, patiently holding tools for spacewalking astronauts; and handle emergencies like toxic leaks or fires.
Why, Robonaut's descendants could even scout out asteroids, Mars and other worlds in the decades ahead, paving the way for humans.
The adventure begins Wednesday afternoon, with the planned final launch of Discovery and Robonaut's six human crewmates. Mission managers gave the green light Monday for the new launch date; shuttle gas leaks had to be repaired before the countdown could begin and forced a two-day delay.
''While it might be just a single step for this robot, it's really a giant leap forward for tinmankind,'' said Rob Ambrose, acting chief of Johnson Space Center's automation, robotics and simulation division in Houston.
For now, R2 -- a collaboration between NASA and General Motors -- exists only from the waist up. It measures 3 feet 4 inches tall and weighs 330 pounds. Each arm is 2 feet 8 inches long.
Legs are still in the works. But, oh, what an upper body: perfectly toned arms and hands with palms, a robotic rarity, along with broad shoulders and a washboard stomach. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Hollywood's cyborg Terminator, would be proud.
Made of aluminum and nickel-plated carbon fiber, the torso and arms are padded to protect Robonaut and the astronauts, all the way down to the five fingers on each hand. No metal, bony-looking fingers for this robot.
R2's eyes are where they should be: in its gold-colored head. Four visible light cameras are located behind the robot's visor, and an infrared camera is in its mouth for depth perception.
But its brain is in its tummy; engineers had nowhere else to put the computerized gray matter.
A backpack holds a power system for plugging R2 into the space station. On an asteroid or Mars, the backpack would contain batteries.
The joints are filled with springs for give, and more than 350 electrical sensors are scattered throughout, allowing R2 to sense even a feather with its fingertips.
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Im 6 weeks pregnant and this morning I woke up with hives all over my arms, legs, back, stomack and bum - so basically everywhere except for my face.
I havent changed any products (washing powder, moisturisor, body was etc) then I went to work and by 10am it was all cleared up! Then Ive come home from work and in the last hour or so they are slowly starting to come back.
Any ideads what could be causing this? I have heard some people can get them while pregnant cause of hormones changing etc.
Can't tell you what cause it but I get them too. I got them before I was pregnant but only every once in a blue moon. Now I have them almost every day. I have my fingers crossed that after birth they will go back to normal.
aw u poor thing! God I'm only early into my pregnancy, i hope i don't have it throughout the whole time! It doesn't affect baby does it? That's the main concern I have.
Nope doesn't affect the baby at all, just can be frustrating for you. Fingers crossed for you that you don't get them as bad as I have, although you do get use to it.
How are you doing?
I'm 4 weeks pregnant and broke out in hives everywhere yesterday. They're particularly bad in the evening, and seem to clear during the day but got worse tonight again sad
This is my second pregnancy and I had major skin issues in my first, but it didn't start until 18 weeks and it wasn't hives. This time it's definitly hives.
Hope it's better for you. I don't want to deal with this throughout my pregnancy either.
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Pushkar food refers to the food made in town of Pushkar in Rajasthan, India. It is considered as a holy town by the Hindus. Therefore, the food made in Pushkar is strictly vegetarian.
Geographical and Cultural Influences
Pushkar cuisine is dependent on available ingredients due to the hot climate of the region. Also, the cuisine is entirely vegetarian due to the town’s religious orientation.
Common Ingredients
Rice, gram flour, lentils, vegetables, curd, and spices like garlic, ginger, and turmeric are some common ingredients available here. Pure ghee is also used in many dishes.
Everyday and Traditional Pushkar Food
Rice, chapatti, puri, and vegetable dishes are some of the everyday Pushkar foods. Khatta chawal missi roti, daal baati churma, aloo bharta, methi ke gatte, pakori kadhi, rajasthani bhindi, papad ki sabzi, and khasta puri are some of the popular dishes made here.
The dal bati churma is made with wheat balls which are dipped in a rich spicy dal dish. This dish is made entirely with pure ghee as the cooking medium. The missi roti is a spicy roti made with gram flour, chilli powder, and spices. Aloo bharta is prepared by mixing boiled and mashed potatoes with spices and onions. This is served with roti or paratha. Papad ki sabzi is again served with roti and is made by breaking the papad and cooking it with curd and chilli powder. The pakori kadhi is a dish of chickpea fritters in yoghurt/chickpea curry. Khasta puri is made with maida flour and carom seeds.
Pushkar is renowed for the sweet dish called malpua. This is made with thick milk or chenna and drenched in sugar syrup. It is often served with fresh cream.
Health Benefits of Pushkar Foods
The Pushkar cuisine makes use of all the available pulses, millets, and vegetables. These are a good source of protein and vitamins for the people. Pure ghee, which is used widely in Pushkar, helps keep them cool in the hot arid weather. However, the ghee dishes may not be healthy for other people, when consumed on a regular basis .
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Malcolm, Ben, Long and Chai meet up on the rooftop of an office block for an unusual suicide plan. The four men, driven to the edge by problems and stresses, are going to jump off the roof in a protest against the miserable lives of men. But before they take the leap of their life, they have agreed to give themselves three hours to say their last goodbyes. They are in for a big surprise when two more unexpected "guests" with the same suicidal intent join them to share a men-to-men, heart-to-heart talk.
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Netanyahu: Iran Puts Zealotry Above Survival
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu says Iran's leaders are guided by "unbelievable fanaticism" and can't have nuclear weapons.
By Elad Benari
First Publish: 9/16/2012, 5:43 AM
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said on Saturday that Iran’s leaders are guided by "unbelievable fanaticism."
Netanyahu's comments, quoted by AFP, were made as part of an interview to be aired on NBC television's "Meet the Press" on Sunday. Parts of the interview were made available on Saturday.
“I think Iran is very different. They put their zealotry above their survival. They have suicide bombers all over the place. I wouldn't rely on their rationality," Netanyahu said, suggesting Iran cannot be contained in the same way as the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
He added, “Since the advent of nuclear weapons, you have countries that had access to nuclear weapons who always made a careful calculation of cost and benefit. But Iran is guided by a leadership with an unbelievable fanaticism.”
Netanyahu made a link between Iran's hardline leadership and the wave of violent protests against U.S. and other Western diplomatic posts around the world triggered by an amateur Internet film made in the United States that denigrates Islam and its Prophet Mohammed.
“It's the same fanaticism that you see storming your embassies today. You want these fanatics to have nuclear weapons?” he asked.
Netanyahu said that critics who argue that taking action against Iran's nuclear program was "a lot worse" than a nuclear-armed Tehran, or that an Iran with nuclear weapons would stabilize the Middle East, "have set a new standard for human stupidity."
The comments come amid reports that U.S. President Barack Obama this week rejected an appeal by Netanyahu to spell out a specific “red line” that Iran could not cross in its nuclear program. Obama rejected the idea during a phone conversation with Netanyahu on Tuesday.
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African Scops Owl
These Owls are also known simply as White-faced Owls. Because of several distinctions from other Scops Owls, some specialists give this Owl it's own Genus - Ptilopsis. The Scops Owl is mostly resident throughout most of Africa south of the Sahara.
Small grey, nocturnal Owl with striking white face, surrounded by black edging, and large prominent ear-tufts. Their eyes are Orange. They have the largest ear openings of any Scops Owl. Their size is 19 to 24cm (7.5-9.5'). They have long ear tufs and black rimmed facial disc.
Like other small owls, the White-faced Scops Owl is generally insectivorous, although they may take small birds, rodents and other small mammals. Animal Prey are frequently larger than caught by other species of Scops Owl. They hunt from an open perch and drop down on prey. Largely insectiverous, small birds, rodents and other mammals.
Their breeding season varies greatly. In Zimbabwe, it is August to November. Further South, between July and February. They often nest in abandoned nests of of other birds, from pigeons to Eagles. They will also use tree hollows and have also been known to use ground nest sites.
2 to 4 shiny, white eggs are laid at intervals, incubation beginning immediately. From the day of laying, incubation takes about 30 days. Chicks move out onto nearby branches at by about 4 weeks, and begin to fly a few days later.
The White Faced Scops Owl is fully nocturnal and mostly insectivorous. It is a bird of scrub and bush territory, and often uses ground nest sites for breeding. The genus Otus can largely be divided into two types of owls, the Screech Owls of the New World, and the Scops of the Old World. There are about 40 different owls in the group spread right across the globe. Most of the Otus owls are inhabitants of tropical regions. When these birds are disturbed during the day, the can elongate their bodies and lean sideways, which will help them resemble the branches on which they roost.
Scrub and bush, woodland with sparse ground cover. Acacia forests and savannas.
Where they are found
Resident throughout most of Africa south of the Sahara.
Latin name
Otus leucotis.
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- - hheeeelpp!!! not losing. (http://www.lowcarbfriends.com/bbs/eat-fat-get-thin/700527-hheeeelpp-not-losing.html)
TubbyGirl 12-01-2010 07:09 AM
hheeeelpp!!! not losing.
Ok. I'm feeling pretty desperate here. It's hard to stay away from the bread when I'm not losing anything. When I was in highschool (7 years ago) I used to do the carb diet induction and lose 1-2 pounds a day EASY. Then again, I was barely eating and working out an hour a day. 7 years later, I have gained all that weight back and I am trying sooo hard to lose some weight for my wedding next year. Today is Dec 1st and my goal was to lose 15 pounds before the end of the year. I started the diet a week ago, I lost 4 pounds the first night (due to water because of thanksgiving meal) and I have not lost anything since. Usually I would start losing on day two, but I have not lost a pound. I have only gained one. I am very strictly under 20 carbs. I eat an atkins shake for breakfast, salad and cheese for lunch and a bunless burger for dinner plus a bunch of cheese snacks in between and some bacon. I think I may be in Ketosis because I feel different. Heart feels like its pounding, easier to wake up, not craving carbs. Does anyone have any advice? Is this just me getting a little older and metabolism has changed? Is my body immune to this diet? Should I stick it out and see if anything changes or go back to calorie counting? Does it sometimes take a week to lose? (btw, I have only had one small number two. could that be the problem?) I had blood tested and nothing found with thyroid. please help!!
CarolynF 12-01-2010 02:18 PM
I saw this on the ML..Too much cheese, in my opinion..You can easily lose the weight for your wedding day next year..But you have to be vigilant..:)
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Because small children often play in dirt, infection can occur if they put their dirty fingers in their mouths. Unwashed fruits or vegetables grown in contaminated soil also can transmit the microscopic eggs that cause ascariasis.
Life cycle of a worm
• Ingestion. The microscopic ascariasis eggs can't become infective without coming into contact with soil. People can accidentally ingest contaminated soil through hand-to-mouth contact or by eating uncooked fruits or vegetables that have been grown in contaminated soil.
• Migration. Larvae hatch from the eggs in your small intestine and then penetrate the intestinal wall to travel to your lungs via your bloodstream or lymphatic system. After maturing for about a week in your lungs, the larvae break into your airway and travel up your throat, where they're coughed up and swallowed.
• Reproduction. Male and female worms mate in the small intestine. Female worms can produce 200,000 eggs a day. You expel the eggs in your feces. The fertilized eggs must be in soil for at least 18 days before they become infective.
The whole process — from egg ingestion to egg deposits — takes about two or three months. Ascariasis worms can live inside you for a year or two.
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Albany Times-Union
Groveling on Guns
July 8, 2007
Here's a litmus test for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi: Stand up for the police, and the safety of the American public, by taking a stand against the gun lobby
The National Rifle Association is no trifle, to be sure. It has proven its might on Capitol Hill time and again, as both Republicans and Democrats have done its bidding. But what happened recently in the Senate Appropriations Committee was far more than just bowing to the NRA's clout. It was tantamount to a betrayal of the public and the police.
At issue was the Tiahrt amendment. Passed in 2003, it denies police departments and local governments access to gun tracing information compiled by the federal government. The purpose is to do the gun lobby's bidding by preventing local officials from using the federal data to track the movement of guns used to commit crimes, and identify ways to stop the flow of illegal weapons into their communities.
That's bad enough, but a new amendment by Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., would require police to certify every time they seek access to the gun data compiled by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms that the information is for a specific criminal inquiry only. If the data are used for gun tracing purposes, the police officers could be sent to prison for up to five years.
The amendment, which cleared the committee in a 19-10 vote, also applies to mayors and other crime-fighting officials. But it seems to be specifically targeted at New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who has made it a priority of his administration to stem the flow of illegal guns into his community. Either way, the amendment is offensive. To turn police officers and mayors into criminals if they dare attempt to control gun crimes makes a mockery of the rule of law.
Just as offensive is the bipartisan support this amendment received in the committee. All 14 Republican members give their support. They were joined by five Democrats.
Fortunately, Speaker Pelosi has pledged to revoke the Tiahrt amendment, so the Shelby amendment can expect stiff resistance in the House. And Sen. Reid can make it known that the Shelby amendment will not pass in his house.
Then again, it would be a mistake to underestimate the gun lobby's power on Capitol Hill. There should be a sustained public outcry to convince the House and Senate that passing the Shelby amendment would not only be wrong, but come at a high price to the members' political future.
THE ISSUE: A Senate panel votes to criminalize sharing of gun tracing data.
THE STAKES: The restrictions would make it harder to protect the public.
Read the full editorial
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Critic score distribution:
1. Positive: 14 out of 20
2. Negative: 0 out of 20
1. 88
If you want a strategic military simulation with immense amounts of depth, coupled with incredible visuals, Kessen is your game.
2. The battles themselves are almost always immense, with more than 30,000 troops a side (that's the smallest battle I can remember in the experience) but you don't get that feeling of enormity.
3. Despite a multitude of polygonal eye-candy and the largest amount of high-quality FMV ever seen in a game, its otherwise spare graphics and lazy AI won't appeal to everyone.
4. The bottom line, Kessen is a masterpiece in more ways than one and can keep even the most hardcore fan occupied for some time.
User Score
Generally favorable reviews- based on 8 Ratings
User score distribution:
1. Positive: 5 out of 5
2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
3. Negative: 0 out of 5
1. May 23, 2012
Graphics 6/10- The graphics for itâ
2. MarkW.
May 22, 2005
It was a superb game and it was the game that i was hoping some company would make and electronic arts did so a BIG thank you to electronic arts
3. LouieggyL.
Oct 16, 2003
It Rocks... It totally engulfed me in the want to play it more!!! | http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-2/kessen/critic-reviews?sort-by=most-active&dist=positive&num_items=100 | dclm-gs1-164640002 | false | false | {
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0.020093 | <urn:uuid:68dbb642-4791-402e-bb52-d3a3b739a5b4> | en | 0.890983 | individuals, it prompted the suggestion that impaired intestinal absorption may be an important causative factor in low blood concentrations of vitamin C in the elderly.
However, other studies, both cross-sectional and longitudinal, of apparently healthy, well-nourished elderly populations in the United States have not found evidence of a greater incidence of vitamin C deficiency among the elderly compared to young adults and no decrease in plasma ascorbate with advancing age (Garry et al., 1982, 1987; Jacob et al., 1988). Measurement of plasma, leukocyte, and urine ascorbate concentrations in a series of studies in elderly and young men and women showed no differences due to age (Blanchard, 1991a; Blanchard et al., 1989, 1990a,b). These studies included pharmacokinetic measures related to vitamin C absorption, depletion, repletion, and renal clearance. Consistent with these findings, a later study that measured maximal renal tubular reabsorption and excretion thresholds of ascorbic acid in apparently healthy elderly and young adults found no differences in renal handling of the vitamin between the two groups (Oreopoulos et al., 1993).
Older age groups, both men and women, have decreased lean body mass compared to younger individuals and thus, potentially a lower requirement for vitamin C. However, the vitamin C requirement of the elderly may be increased due to the oxidative stress of inflammatory and infectious conditions often found in this population (Cheng et al., 1985). As previously discussed, older adults have similar or lower plasma ascorbate concentrations than young adults. Therefore, the estimated requirement for vitamin C for individuals 51 years and older will remain the same as that of the younger adult.
Vitamin C EAR and RDA Summary, Ages 51 Years and Older
In summary, no consistent differences in the absorption or metabolism of ascorbic acid due to aging have been demonstrated at median vitamin C intakes. This suggests that the reports of low blood vitamin C concentrations in elderly populations may be due to poor dietary intakes, chronic disease or debilitation, or other factors, rather than an effect of aging per se. Therefore, for the older adults, no additional vitamin C allowance beyond that of younger adults is warranted.
EAR for Men
51–70 years
75 mg (426 µmol)/day of vitamin C
>70 years
75 mg (426 µmol)/day of vitamin C
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Well, I went back to the tearoom today, which is just 24 hours from the last time I was there with the flower guy, and nobody's cleaned it, and my cum is still on the floor, dry, of course, but the splashes are plainly visible, so (this might seem a little gross), I decided to measure how far I shot my load. So I did, just by counting the 12" floor tiles from where I was kneeling as I was jacking off with this guy's cock in my mouth. Wanna know how far? I'll get back to that.
But the subject of cumstains makes me think of how hot it is to see fresh cum in mensrooms, for instance, that maybe is still wet and obviously some cock was unloaded there recently. I don't lick up cum from floors and walls and stuff, but I've read about guys who like that kind of thing. I just like to fantasize about it, and of course it's a sort of advertising that the place might be cruisy, although I guess straight guys have to jack off, too, so that's no guarantee. One advantage of indoor sex, like tearooms, is that the cum isn't really lost into the bushes and weeds and stuff, but you can really see how much and how far it shoots and stuff, which is cool for cum junkies.
So I often cruise a college tearoom in my town that has a row of about 6 stalls opposite three urinals and some sinks, and the sinks are separated from the urinals by a partition, and there's a privacy wall just inside the door. So the first stall is a handicap one, and there's a little peephole in the wall of it, but that's really not very useful. Anyway, the corner of this stall next to the door is just fucking covered with dry cum. I mean it's on there in layers, like you could excavate it down to the Jurassic period or something. But the contact sex is mostly under the stall wall, and sometimes in the stall. So one day I'm in the second stall and there's the usual foot tapping going on and stuff, and the guy in the handicap stall kinda raises his hips off the stool and centers his cock in the peephole so I can watch him jacking it off, and man, through this hole it just looks fucking enormous, pretty nicely proportioned, and the guy didn't seem too old, so I figured, why not? So I kneel down facing the wall between us and so does he and it's like dueling cocks and knees. It really works better if one guy lets the other get his cock fully under the stall, then work on it. I mean you can suck it, jack it, whatever, but when both guys are doing the same thing, you just don't mesh very well. You have to interlace your knees and then your cocks don't line up, which is just aesthetically not good, plus you have this wall in the way so you really can't get your cock into the other guy's stall enough to get any serious sucking or jacking. But anyway, we really didn't have this planned out ahead of time, so there's a lot of maneuvering.
The guy has nice slim legs, but his cock is somehow not anywhere fucking near as big as it looked through the hole. Man there must be some kind of magnifying effect on those peepholes, cuz it looked like the real thing was a couple of inches shorter than as advertised. But it is one hard throbbing cock and it just looks like it could pop or something. So anyway, the guy starts lightly jacking me off with just his thumb and index finger in a circle. Man I can do better than that. I have this big hard cock staring him down and he just kinda brushes it. And he says Shoot your cum on my dick. So that's normally pretty cool, but his dick seems so small that I think it might miss it or something, I mean this isn't a target pistol, it's a fucking cock, and I can't really predict where things are headed. But all this is taking a really long time and my ankles are sore from the kneeling, so I just have to stand up and take a break, and he does too. But my cock is still pretty hot and really hard, and I had been using some KY Liquid (which I highly recommend) and I'm still stroking and getting ready to blow, so I get down on the floor fast and shove my knees under the wall so my cock is all on his side and jacking it tightly and squeezing down real hard and backing up the orgasm and I just know this is gonna blast a hole in the opposite wall. So the guy is trying to drop down off the stool to get back into position when the cum just ignites out of my fucking cock and does indeed rocket across the handicap stall and hit the wall, not once, but like three or four shots. And the guy is saying Oh my god and stuff and I just keep blasting the far wall. And it's like five feet away or something becuz it's a larger stall than normal.
So I calm down afterwards and get back and get ready to leave and I watch the guy who by now is kneeling under the wall drop his load on the floor, but it is one of the flowing types of orgasms, but there was a lot of it. Then he starts to clean up the mess he made (which I almost never do. I don't know what the rules of etiquette are on cleaning up cum. For some reason it really doesn't bother me), and I leave. Now get this. I go back a little bit later just before leaving the building and the room is empty so I go in to the handicap stall, and there's my cum all over the wall about two fucking feet above the floor. And there's a lot of it, too, with a couple of big splashes and lots of little drops and lines of it where it streamed down to the floor. So that was cool. It's still there, months later, and somebody drew a circle around it in pencil and wrote WOW. Wow. Fuckin A.
The flower guy cruises the same place quite a bit, so sometimes we see each other there by coincidence, and I don't always know it's him until I see that cock, and then it's like turning on a light, man, I just have to have that big dick shoved down my throat. But with him, we usually get in the same stall, not underneath or anything, and sometimes if others are there, we adjourn somewhere else to do it. I'd say a lot of the guys there are not students, but faculty or visitors or just cruisers. So I've had a lot of cock there, but there's three guys to tell about.
One is this Hispanic guy who's early 20's and a little heavy, and he wears a goatee, which doesn't do that much for me, but it turns out he's one of the best cocksuckers I have ever met. He sucks cock like I think I do, like he just fucking loves it and wants to fucking OWN the cock he's swallowing and he deep throats it pretty easily and puts just the right suction on it (man I hate guys who don't SUCK, you can't just lick it), and his tongue is all fucking over it and he knows how to hold your balls and stroke your tummy and make lots of very happy noises. Ok. So this guy is sucking my big cock under the wall one day, and the guy in the stall behind me is leaning way under, watching me get blown (but that view can't really be very good, I mean, I didn't mind it, but what can he really see except my ass?). But I am getting this primo blowjob and the guy is like laying on the floor or something becuz he's practically got his entire head under the wall just consuming my dick. Now I am into this blowjob in a major way and I just absolutely go nuts over watching my thick cock forcing its way into some guy's hole, mouth, whatever, and this is a perfect view. I'm just looking down and the guy's head is between my knees, which are about at a 180, and he's pulling my balls toward him while he slams his mouth down my shaft and hits his teeth on my cockring. And the other guy finally gets tired of my ass, I guess, cuz he leaves his stall and comes around outside and kneels down to watch under my door. So I'm giving this guy lots of encouragement while he's sucking, and it's all genuine. I'm like, Oh shit, man, take that big cock, take it, man, all the way, yeah suck it down your throat man, oh Jesus that feels good, want my load, hey man do you want to swallow my fucking load, want me to blast that big thick load into your mouth? You know, happy thoughts. And he's agreeing, and nodding and going Uh huh around my cock. So I felt the cum trigger and I say, Ok man, put this big cock where you want it cuz it's cumming. So he opens just as wide as he possibly can and I pull out to the end so the other guy can see the first shot or two go into his mouth, which it does, and of course I'm like Christ man, eat this fucking load, and shit like that and I slide my cock down slowly into his throat, still shooting my load, and his lips close around the thick shaft and he starts working on swallowing my cum, which is like jacking my cock off with his throat, and then he's real eager like, and sucking hard and fast and kinda chewing on me. And I fall back on my arms with my dick just fucking buried in this guy's throat and the other guy outside sprays his load under the door all fucking over me! HEY, ASSHOLE! If I wanted your load I'd be sucking your cock! But I guess it was just that I forgot about him for a second, hell, it's just cum for Christ sake, and I guess he must have thought watching all this was hot, but I didn't even see his cock, just looked up to see wads of white cum jumping out all over me.
So I'm resting there leaning back on my elbows, watching this guy finish with my cock and wondering how best to clean up from the cum shower I got from the other guy, and I tell this guy he gives fantastic head, and he says thanks, man, and I say my new line I stole from the hunk, The pleasure was all mine.
OK, there was another kid who's some kind of computer nerd or something, cute, glasses, but a little too gay acting for my permanent tastes. But he's bending over looking under the stall walls one day, and so am I, and there's no reason to do that unless you're cruising, so we get up to move closer together, I guess, but we do it at the same time, so now we're outside by the urinals kinda by accident, and I just give a little shrug and sorta nod toward them and he moves over behind the little partition and starts to unbuckle. So I do, too. He hauls out a nice cock, nothing really memorable, but it's young meat and it's hard and of course suckable, so I drop and do it, and he says, I just love to share my cock with people. Share? Ok, let me have my share then. So I take his load, which seems to surprise him. He needs to shave that thing, though, man he's got pubic hair half way up his shaft and his balls and crotch is just fucking matted with the stuff. I mean, I guess it's just a personal preference of mine, but I'm more into smooth young guys and I really like shaved balls, but I can get over that issue, I guess, when I can share.
The last guy in that tearoom was a young guy who was watching me and another guy at the urinals jacking our cocks. Except he was in a stall and just looking over the top at us, and we both were making it obvious that he was welcome to join in. So the other guy drops down and turns me sideways to the stalls so the kid can really see him suck my cock, and he's just making it fucking lewd with this theatrical cocksucking just for the kid's benefit, and I'm like FUCK HIM AND PAY ATTENTION TO MY COCK! Man I just did not care whether the kid liked it, I wanted this guy to get serious about my load. So he's making these loud slurping noises and taking real long strokes of my cock into his mouth, but he keeps looking over at the kid, and he's not sucking, just more of that dreadful spit and blow crap, and I've got my hips thrust out and kinda leaning back and turned just right so the kid can see, and I'm providing a pretty big hard cock to watch, so I'm fucking doing my part, but this shit has to get better. So I finally straighten up and just grab this guy by the back of the head and fucking skull fuck him. And I am forcing my cock into his throat, and he's gagging pretty hard and acting like he's going to puke or something, so I make a few adjustments, but I'm still going to facefuck him whether the kid likes it or not. So I do. Now the kid cracks open the door to the stall and he's staring at us like we've got a gun or him or something, but his arm is moving in a familiar way, and even though I can't see his dick, I know something's going to get wet in there. This time I just blew my wad into the guy's mouth, and I didn't even warn him or make any effort to let the kid see me cum. I just did it. I'm usually not trying to be dominant or anything, instead I'm mostly polite, but this scene was kinda fun for a mild dominance scene, and cumming of course felt good. The kid did get to see me slide that thick fucker out of the guy's mouth and I let it hang there in front for a bit before I stuffed it back in my jeans, and then I left. Kid still in the stall, but I could hear him slapping away at his cock. The other guy had stood up by then and was jacking off into the urinal, but he had an uninteresting cock, so I did not stay to watch. Even though I could not see the kid very well, I'm pretty sure it was the same young guy of 18 or so I jacked off in another mensroom nearby a few months earlier. He responded to my foot tapping by tapping back, but just would not get his cock down where I could make any use of it, so I'm giving him lots of hand signals and motioning and stuff, and finally he says, What do you want me to do? Like he's asking for instructions. Yes! A freshman! So I whisper to him to get on his knees and just stick his cock under the wall, which he does. It was nice, but again just another young cock, and the stall was way too small for me to get down to suck it, so I put some of the KY Liquid on it and jacked out a very nice splashy young load which I caught in my hand and got to lick it off. Lots of gasping that time too, but he got up and scurried out like a flushed quail after the last shot. Oh well, it was fun. I'm pretty sure it was the same kid. So he's learning about cruising, maybe, although I never thought of myself as a teacher. But that's cool. And those cum splashes on the floor from yesterday went seven feet across the tiles. | http://www.nifty.org/nifty/gay/encounters/sex-in-public/sex-in-public-9.html | dclm-gs1-164850002 | false | false | {
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The Affair of Gabrielle Russier
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Gabrielle Russier had her hair cut very short. There were private reasons enough for that: to suit her sharp little face, to look more like the boys and girls she taught at the lycée, to define her own severely independent style as a femme divorcée who was an intellectual and—in a Latin land—kept herself. But when one looks back upon her fate, the cropped hair seems like a sort of blind preadaptation. In 1944, at the Liberation, they shaved the hair of girls who had slept with Germans and thrust them into the street to face the jeering crowds.
It was not with an occupation but with a threatened revolution that Gabrielle Russier had collaborated. She was a teacher at a Marseille lycée who fell into a love affair with one of her pupils in the “annus mirabilis” of 1968. She was charged with “leading a minor astray,” imprisoned without trial, and finally given a suspended sentence. The public prosecutor appealed, demanding a higher penalty. After a long nervous breakdown, Gabrielle Russier gassed herself in September, 1969, before the retrial could take place.
Many years had to pass before those who recoiled at the hideousness of what was done to young girls in 1944 found that the French public was prepared, uneasily enough, to listen to their reproaches. Not all are prepared yet, in the view of their masters: the terrifying film Le Chagrin et la Pitié, in which Ophuls dealt critically with myths of the Resistance and showed how it was often those who had done least in the struggle who behaved most spitefully to those defenseless women, was not permitted to be shown on French television.
But with Gabrielle Russier it was different. Her martyrdom, which developed before the public for over a year, became an issue on which everyone in France seemed willing to take sides, and over which there were found thousands of men and women to take her part—vainly—and to protest against what was being done to her. Every newspaper and magazine joined the controversy, radio stations broadcast her letters from prison, rows blazed at middle-class dinner tables, letters mad and sane poured into editorial offices, and on television the President of the Republic himself, Georges Pompidou, arranged to be asked (after her suicide) for his comments. He answered with a poem of Eluard’s, an elegy for one of those shaven women of 1944 who lay on the pavement
…découronnée, défigurée
Celle qui ressemble aux morts
Qui sont morts pour être aimés.
It was a gesture which made Gabrielle’s supporters choke with misery and rage. For them she was no sinner to be forgiven and pitied, but a martyr of a new Resistance.
Gabrielle Russier came to teach at the Lycée Saint-Exupéry in Marseille in 1967. She was thirty and had successfully mounted the marble stairways of the state’s academic meritocracy to become an agrégée. She was supposed to be a mandarin, but she behaved otherwise. She gave …
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I moved to La Verne in August from Annapolis, MD
I LOVEEEEE dance music (both EDM and IDM)! Honestly, anything but country is all good with me.
Um, I have gauges, size 2's, and I have no tattoos, but I've been considering the dada life champagne and bananas for a while now
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Going back to school in january! Hopefully for computer science and music. Definitely music. Definitely.
Getting "zen'd out"
"LA, that's how I roll son, got a new shirt and a brand new stroll son..." - Bonus points if you know where that's from.
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Laughing when I shouldn't, music (subjective of course), listening, imitating Zoidberg from futurama (so I've been told), making people smile. Cooking.
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People don't tell me. So it's probably how black I look...
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I like comedy, mostly off-beat. I find it hard to get into movies or TV that are predictable/recycled. However I do enjoy....
Kenny vs. Spenny, Tim & Eric Awesome Show Great Job!, PORTLANDIA, The X-files, Futurama, Comedy BangBang, THIS IS THE END (my favorite movie), Twin Peaks, Arrested Development, Super High Me, VH1 pop-up videos
I love all kinds of music; dance, rap, metal, everything but country. If you like house, we'll get along. I used to scream, sing, and play guitar, but all of that took a backseat over the last year or so because I've been mixing
If you know anything about EDM, I mix mostly House, Moombahton, and Trap. I also mix indie dance and that seems to be taking over my life's soundtrack.
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I don't really read. Guilty as charged... but I do read a lot of marijuana-related studies & articles. I also read ALOT about music, mostly dance nowadays. I could honestly be a music blogger, but it would take time away from making songs.
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Health Benefits of Rose Essential Oil
The health benefits of Rose Essential Oil can be attributed to its properties as an antidepressant, antiphlogistic, antiseptic, antispasmodic, antiviral, aphrodisiac, astringent, bactericidal, cholagogue, cicatrisant, depurative, emenagogue, haemostatic, hepatic, laxative, nervine, stomachic and uterine substance.
The Essential Oil of Rose is extracted by steam distillation of fresh Damascus Rose (Rosa Damascena, as it is known among botanists) and is composed of hundreds of components, out of which the major contributors are Citronellol, Citral, Carvone, Citronellyl Acetate, Eugenol, Ethanol, Farnesol, Stearpoten, Methyl Eugenol, Nerol, Nonanol, Nonanal, Phenyl Acetaldehyde, Phenylmenthyl Acetate and Phenyl Geraniol. Damascus Roses are the preferred variety because they are the most fragrant species and are believed to be the original red roses with strongest aroma and highest oil content.
We know about the emotional and psychological effects of rose. More importantly, let’s explore some of the medicinal and health benefits of rose essential oil below.
Health Benefits of Rose Essential Oil
Antidepressant: Rose Oil boosts self esteem, confidence, and mental strength while efficiently fighting depression. They can be very helpful to drive away depression arising for any reason, and it also relieves anxiety. As an antidepressant, patients of acute depression or those undergoing rehabilitation can be given routine and regular doses of this essential oil to bring a positive boost into their lives. This oil is widely used in aromatherapy and invokes positive thoughts, spiritual relaxation and feelings of joy, happiness and hope.
Antiphlogistic: Rose essential oil may calm down a patient of high fever by sedating the inflammation. It can also be beneficial in other cases of inflammation caused by microbial infection, ingestion of poisonous materials, indigestion, and dehydration. This can result in a reduction in associated conditions like rheumatism, arthritis, gout, and fever.
Antiseptic: This is the most fragrant and luxurious way to treat wounds; imagine treating wounds with Oils of Rose instead of those ordinary antiseptic lotions. Topically applying rose oil to wounds helps to protect them from becoming septic and developing infections.
Antispasmodic: Rose essential oil efficiently relieves spasms in the respiratory system and intestines, as well as muscular spasms in various limbs. It also helps to cure convulsions, muscle pulls, cramps and the spasmodic cholera which is caused due to spasms.
Antiviral: Getting protection from viruses or getting yourself vaccinated against all of them is a tough task, since some of them continue to mutate and trick our our immune system, like an old friend who gives you a cold or influenza. The solution to this is to use an antiviral agent that behaves as a shield against any type of virus. Rose essential oil is one such shied, and studies have shown that it protects against many different types of viral infections.
rose essential oilAphrodisiac: There is almost no need to explain this aspect of rose essential oil. From Cupid himself to modern day’s high tech lovers, everyone knows how indispensable roses are in the romantic department. The basic element that does that is the essential oil of the flower. The very scent of it can arouse you, and it boosts the libido while invoking romantic feelings which are essential for a successful sex life. This can reduce symptoms of sexual dysfunction, erectile dysfunction, frigidity, and general disinterest in sexual activity with partners.
Astringent: The astringent property of Rose Oil has many benefits. It strengthens gums and hair roots, while toning and lifting skin, and contracting muscles, intestines and blood vessels. This gives protection against the untimely loss of teeth and hair, wrinkles, the loss of firmness of intestines and muscles of the abdominal area and limbs associated with aging. Above all, rose essential oil helps to stop the flow of blood from wounds and cuts by contracting the blood vessels. This astringent property can also cure certain types of diarrhea.
Bactericidal: It is a good bactericide. It can be used in the treatment of typhoid, diarrhea, cholera, food poisoning and other diseases which are caused by bacteria. Furthermore, it can cure internal bacterial infections like those in the colon, stomach, intestines and urinary tract, as well as external infections on the skin, ears, eyes and wounds.
Cicatrisant: This property of Rose Essential Oil can be of great interest for those who care a lot about their looks. It makes the scars and after marks of boils, acne and pox on the skin fade quickly. This includes the fading of stretch marks, surgery scars, and fat cracks associated with pregnancy and delivery. Much of this is due to the antioxidant activity of rose essential oil, which spurs on the healing processes of the skin.
Depurative: Rose essential oil purifies the blood by helping in the removal and neutralization of toxins. Once your blood is purified and free of toxins, you are protected from nuisances like boils, rashes, ulcers, and skin diseases, as well as more serious conditions that free radicals can cause, like cancer and heart disease.
Emmenagogue: This is yet another beneficial property of Rose Oil. It stimulates the hormone secretions which trigger menstruation. It is particularly effective on those who are suffering from obstructed and irregular menses. It also eases cramps, nausea, and fatigue while reducing the pain associated with menstruation and Post-Menopausal Syndrome.
Hemostatic: This property of the Essential Oil of Rose can be very useful for people who are suffering from hemorrhaging (bleeding, external or internal) after an injury or surgery. This speeds up clotting and coagulation of blood and stops excessive bleeding; this property can quite literally save your life.
Hepatic: This simply means that rose essential oil is good for the health of the liver. It keeps it strong, properly functioning and protected from infections. It also treats problems like the excess flow of bile, acids, and ulcers.
Laxative: There cannot be a laxative with a better scent than this, which is an ironic benefit for a laxative. It can serve as a harmless and effective laxative with a beautiful smell causing no adverse side effects. It also influences the intestinal and anal muscles to help clear bowels. This helps in losing weight and preventing excess toxicity in the body.
Nervine: Rose essential oil acts as a tonic for the nerves. It gives them strength to bear shock and protects them from disorders resulting from age and injuries. It will keep your hands from trembling and help you overcome your anxiety when saying those three magic words to your dream girl for the first time. Of course, you should also have a rose in your hand!
roseoilStomachic: Rose Oil is a stomachic as well. It soothes the stomach, sedates inflammation, helps it function properly and protects it from infections. It also protects it from ulcers which often develop due to over production of acids and their release into the stomach. Excessive acid can lead to heartburn, indigestion, irritable bowel syndrome, excess gas, impacted bowels, and bloating.
Cholagogue: It promotes the flow of bile from the gall bladder and helps to regulate the acid levels in the stomach and the blood, thus keeping you safe from problems like acidity and acidosis. This bile also helps in the digestion of food, together with the acids secreted into the stomach. Improved digestion can reduce the chances of constipation, diarrhea, irritable bowel syndrome, and even more serious conditions like colorectal cancer.
Uterine: Rose essential oil can take care of many feminine problems such as uterine discharge, tumors, bleeding, and irregular menses. It purifies the uterus as well, and keeps it functioning properly even in advanced age, thereby delaying menopause. By regulating menstruation, it is possible to eliminate the associated symptoms and problems of menstruation, including mood swings, hormonal imbalance, overeating, bloating, cramping, and excessive bleeding.
Other Benefits: It regulates hormone production and helps to balance them throughout the body. It is one of the best oils to give you shining, fresh and youthful skin. Its aroma keeps you charged and feeling happy. It promotes circulation, takes care of the heart, reduces blood pressure and helps to cure headaches, asthma, dehydration, leucorrhea and various other infections.
A Few Words of Caution: It can eliminate headaches if used in mild concentrations, but its strong aroma can do just the opposite if a very high concentration is used. Being an Emenagogue, it should not be used during pregnancy, since there is no definite evidence of whether the effects of rose essential oil can be transferred to the fetus. It could possibly cause a miscarriage if taken in excess, so it is best to generally avoid it.
Blending: This Essential Oil blends well with Geranium, Jasmine, Clove and Palma Rosa essential oils.
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How do you tell if the babys moving?
How do you tell if the babys moving?
Every doctor ive been to has told me im not pregnant when i went to get a piss test, i havent gotton a blood test yet because my primary doctor said i was purposly trying to get pregnant! so how do you tell if its movement or what? i want to know! :(
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ive been felling movements in my stomach and are just worried!
How long has it been since you had your period? Is your cycle usually pretty regular?
Most women don't feel the baby move until about 16-20 weeks pregnant. The fetus starts to move a little at about 12 weeks or so.
Most likely what you are feeling is gas bubbles. I know I was more aware of those after I had my first baby and knew what her movements felt like. It is kinda similar.
u wont feel the baby move till like 16wks and on so unless ur missed ur period for 4 months ur probly not pregnant..and even if the docs thinks ur doing it on peropose he still needs to give u a blood test if ur askin him 2!
go to another doctor or a clinic
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I know I may sound stupid to me many of you but can anybody tell me what does 'rfac' do in Fortran.
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I don't understand your question. Can you provide some context?
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Actually I am working on a code that has been written by someone else and I found 'rfac(X)' in that code. The code is written in Fortran and I am trying to use it in Matlab. I have checked everywhere but could not find any function named 'rfac'.
I hope I am clear now.
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RFAC in Fortran
my guess is it's a locally defined variable or function.
a google search on 'rfac fortran' turns up lots of incidences but in ones i found it was defined in the code.
maybe something passed to a sub?
can you do text search on the program?
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have you done a text search for rfac in all your fortran sources? I usually work on Linux and a 'grep' for a given function or variable name returns all the places where is being used...you can gain a lot of insight very quickly by viewing all the usage for a given variable/function.
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To solve this problem, astronomers developed telescopes that could block a star’s harsh light. “Think about having a bright light shining in your face,” Oppenheimer says. “If you hold your hand up to block the light, you can see better.”
Oppenheimer’s exoplanet-finding telescope works the same way. It uses a small piece of metal to cover up a star. Then he and his colleagues can see the light from any nearby planets. The team is scanning 200 different stars with this technique. “The hope is that we'll see a bunch of new planets,” says Oppenheimer.
Oppenheimer doesn’t just want to find exoplanets, though. He wants to know all about them. What are they made of? What’s the weather like? Could there be life there? For the first time, scientists are learning the answers to these questions.
Astronomers can use a planet's light to determine which types of gases make up its atmosphere. That’s because different molecules absorb different colors of light. Knowing the atmosphere’s composition helps scientists understand how the planets formed and what their weather might be like. Are they gas giants like Jupiter, or rocky worlds like Earth?
Oppenheimer recently used this method to study four exoplanets orbiting a single star. He found that their atmospheres contain water vapor, methane, and ammonia. That means the planets are gaseous and warm—unlike any planets in our own solar system.
Someday astronomers may use this technique to find signs of alien life on an exoplanet. On Earth, plants release oxygen into the atmosphere. Animals and other living things give off carbon dioxide. If scientists find a planet with an atmosphere like ours, it might be a clue that something there is alive.
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To see exoplanets through a telescope, scientists block out bright starlight by attaching a device called a coronagraph. In the American Museum of Natural History’s Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Hall of the Universe, you can see the coronagraph that scientists used to discover a star-like object called a brown dwarf. You can also check out beautiful images of faraway galaxies, a 15.5-ton meteorite, and scales that tell you what your weight would be on Mars, Jupiter, and the sun. To learn more, go to
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0.178424 | <urn:uuid:5547b626-e07e-4b76-8596-82f8accfb1e1> | en | 0.95407 | Many of you feel that investing in bonds is unattractive. The argument is simple: If you can take the risk, why not invest in equity, as it typically offers higher returns than bonds! While the argument may appear logical, you will be doing a lot of harm to your financial health if you do not invest in bonds! In this article, we will show you why you should invest in bonds. Importantly, we show you when you can consider buying immediate annuities as a part-substitute for bond investment in your retirement portfolio.
Why bonds
Bonds available for retail investment have two important features. One, they have a finite life. And two, they have certain cash flows. Both these features help you in meeting your investment objectives. How?
Suppose you want to buy a house three years hence. It is risky to invest in equity today to accumulate the wealth that you require to buy the house three years hence. What if equity prices decline a year after you invest? Will you be able to recover the losses and earn the returns required to make the down payment for the house?
Investing in bonds, on the other hand, provides stable and certain flows. You can, for instance, invest in a three-year cumulative fixed deposit with a bank. On maturity, you are certain to receive your initial capital plus the accumulated interest. You should, in fact, invest only in bank fixed deposits when your investment horizon is 5 years or less.
What if your investment horizon is more than 5 years? Even if equity prices decline closer to the date when you want to withdraw the money, you can achieve a significant proportion of your investment objective if you have bonds in your portfolio. Bonds are, therefore, an important component of your investment portfolio. Bond investments that typically suit your requirement are bank fixed deposits and tax-free bonds offered by government companies such as IRFC and NHAI.
Immediate annuity
You can also consider buying immediate annuity from insurance companies as part-substitute for your bond investments. For the purpose of discussion only and not as a recommendation, we will use LIC’s Jeevan Akshay plan. You have to pay a lump-sum amount to LIC to purchase the annuity. LIC will pay a fixed sum of money till either you or your spouse survives. And if you choose, LIC will also return the purchase price to your children after the annuity payment stops.
Suppose you are 50 years old. LIC will pay you Rs 6,930 for every Rs 1 lakh of purchase price. Since you will be working and do not need this income immediately, you can reinvest this amount every year till you retire. Assuming you retire at 60, you would have reinvested the yearly annuity payment for 10 years.
You would have noticed that the pre-tax return from the annuity is only 6.93 per cent; that is significantly lower than 8 per cent you can earn if you invest in a 10-year bank deposit. But assume you live till 80. This means you have to renew your bank deposits thrice between 50 and 80. And at each of these renewal dates, if interest rates decline substantially, you will be forced to renew at a lower rate. Besides, at old age when your cognitive abilities are failing, it is quite an ordeal to remember to renew your deposits!
You can consider immediate annuities as a life-long fixed deposit. It can be, hence, used as part-substitute for your bond investments. You can allocate not more than 25 per cent of your bond investments for such annuities in your retirement portfolio. Our back-of-the-envelope calculation suggests that buying immediate annuities would be meaningful to you if you are between 40 and 50 years.
(The author is the founder of Navera Consulting, a firm that offers wealth-mapping and investor learning solutions. He can be reached at
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Onboard video with HDMI out a Huge Plus. Not required.
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More overclock ability the better...
Just looking to step up my platform a bit not at all interested in buying a new processor and RAM right now. I'm not interested.
Currently my mainboard is the P35 Express. Abit IP35 Pro. Nice mainboard but wondering if I can get PCIe 2.0 etc. etc. for about $150.00 or less (even less than less) but nothing more than that.
I know I can buy some slow DDR3 and an i3 Intel for the $150 (maybe) but like I said -- not interested in making that move and wasting cash on sub-par equipment to save money. When the next generation comes out and the speedy and overclocking DDR3 is nearly cheap then I'll jump on it.
Oh, and I shop at other places besides newegg. They have a great shop search engine and customer experience database but they are rarely the cheapest anymore. They do have eggtastic customer service or whatever though, haha :kaola:
Thanks ya' :bounce:
I suppose P45 is pretty much it or a G45 if I can find one that overclocks well. I'm not at all sure what the differences are between the P35 and the P45 though. Isn't 2.0 PCIe lanes it?
I like getting mainboards with IGP because the board can go into an HTPC for another room when I upgrade the system.
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Noun describing a psychopath of the worst kind who deserves an Oscar for acting normal when it's really just a mask he wears to cover a severe personality disorder. Can be found living a parasitic lifestyle, either sucking his friends' dry by borrowing money and taking forever to pay it back, or else finding women with large bank accounts and playing on their sympathy with his "poor me" tales of woe. Always a player. Often addicted to cigarettes, pot, cocaine (when he can afford it or bum it off other people), internet porn, sexual deviance and light beer. Prefers sex with tattooed women, the more tats and piercings, the better. Adept at hiding his criminal past. Often lives with his mother, but would sell her in a heartbeat for rent money and/or drugs. Can be found talking smack about every woman he's ever dated, and his mother, too, if she's recently pissed him off. Shallow emotions. Will suddenly up and leave any relationship that lasts more than three months due to boredom caused by his own lack of imagination. Astoundingly arrogant with an overinflated sense of importance. Will do anything to avoid getting a real job, including lie, cheat and steal in order to pay his bills. Impulsive; usually lacks a conscience and doesn't know the meaning of the word remorse. A legend in his own mind. To be avoided at all costs.
My cousin just got dumped by her fiance' for no reason at all. That dude's got to be a f&%#@ing Chad!
You know that guy I've been seeing for the past six months who seemed too good to be true? Well, he was. He's a Chad, with a rap sheet longer than one of Cameron Diaz's legs!
My sister finally got rid of the Chad who moved in with her last year, but not before he spent all her savings, maxed out her credit cards and slept with her best friend.
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A stereotypical asshole jock.
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The act of of someone acting black or is black, it can even be directed to some one who is just really dark. Or are in someway acting hard or somewhat "gangster". Most likely
it is directed to Blacks, Hispanics, and even your everyday wannabe White boy.
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Man 2: What?
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Man 2: Quit acting like a mangroe.
Man 1: Oh ok im sorry.
Man 2: Yeah its want to go fap?
Man 1: Sure.
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AP Exclusive: Likely Tax Cheats Flock South, West
Worried the Internal Revenue Service might target you for an audit? You probably should be if you own a small business in one of the wealthy suburbs of Los Angeles.
You might also be wary if you're a small-business owner in one of dozens of communities near San Francisco, Houston, Atlanta or the District of Columbia.
A new study by the National Taxpayer Advocate used confidential IRS data to show large clusters of potential tax cheats in these five metropolitan areas. The IRS uses the information to target taxpayers for audits.
The taxpayer advocate, Nina Olsen, runs an independent office within the IRS. She got access to the data as part of an effort to learn more about why some taxpayers are more likely to cheat than others.
The study also looked at tax compliance in different industries, and found that people who own construction companies or real estate rental firms may be more likely to fudge their taxes than business owners in other fields.
Many of the communities identified by the study are very wealthy, including Beverly Hills and Newport Beach in California. Others are more middle class, such as New Carrollton, Md., a Washington suburb, and College Park, Ga., home to a section of Atlanta's massive airport.
Steve Rosansky, president and CEO of the Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce, said business owners in his city are probably targeted because many have high incomes. The likelihood of an audit does increase with income, according to IRS data.
"I imagine it's just a matter of them going where they think the money's at," Rosansky said in an interview. "I guess if I was running the IRS I'd probably do the same thing."
The study focused on small-business owners - sole proprietorships, to be specific - because they have more opportunity than the typical individual to cheat on their taxes. Many small businesses deal in cash while most individuals get paid in wages that are reported to the IRS.
The IRS only audits about 1 percent of tax returns each year, so the agency tries to pick returns that are most likely to yield additional tax money.
The IRS will not say much about how agents choose their targets. But as millions of procrastinators scramble to meet Monday's deadline to file their taxes, the agency is running every tax return through a confidential computer program to determine the chances of collecting more money from an audit.
Each tax return is assigned a score. The higher your score, the more likely you are to get audited because, according to the IRS, the more likely you are cheating on your taxes.
The score is called the Discriminant Inventory Function, or DIF. A high DIF score does not guarantee you are a tax cheat but the IRS claims it's reliable.
"If your return is selected because of a high score under the DIF system, the potential is high that an examination of your return will result in a change to your income tax liability," says an IRS publication that explains the auditing process.
How do you get high score? The IRS won't say, but veteran tax preparers and former IRS workers believe they have a pretty good idea.
"If you're reporting $8,000 of charitable contributions when you're only making $50,000, that's a red flag," said Bob Meighan, vice president of TurboTax, an online tax preparation service. "Likewise if you're reporting business or employee expenses that are out of the ordinary for your income range, that would attract the interest of the IRS as well."
The bottom line, according to the experts: People who take unusually large deductions for their income get a high score. Also, business owners who claim unusually large expenses for the size and type of their business get a high score.
"I had a case here where the person made about $40,000 and they claimed $25,000 of employment-related expenses," said Elizabeth Maresca, a former IRS lawyer who now teaches law at Fordham University. "Most people don't spend $25,000 to earn $40,000. That's an unusual number."
DIF scores can vary across industry, according to the study by the taxpayer advocate. For example, people who owned construction and real estate rental companies were more likely to have high scores. Lawyers, accountants and architects and people who provided other professional services were more likely to have low scores.
"Construction for sole proprietors has been historically a cash business," Olsen said.
Stephen Mackey, president and CEO of the Somerville Chamber of Commerce, said he's glad the business owners in his community excel at civic virtue. But he was at a loss to explain why they stood out from so many others across the country.
"I'd like to think we're not alone in terms of the civic engagement of business people," Mackey said. "But I would say two things. One is they are very close to the community inside and outside their businesses. At the same time, it's not small town America. It's minutes from downtown Boston."
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0.021059 | <urn:uuid:7b50c299-b6af-4fb9-abfb-e60e5249137e> | en | 0.972407 | Seminole Heights group doesn't want Family Dollar in their neighborhood listen
08/10/12 Janelle Irwin
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Signs saying 'No' to a proposed Family dollar poke out of the ground in front of some bungalow-style Seminole Heights homes.
photo by Janelle Irwin
Some residents in a historic Tampa neighborhood don’t want a discount big box store put up in their neighborhood. The No Family Dollar in Seminole Heights group says the area boasts some of the city’s best local businesses and they want to keep it that way.
It’s the kind of community where business owners like Jordan Miller bring their dogs to work because they can. Radar spends most of his time in Miller’s bike shop on Central Avenue in Seminole Heights. A window cling saying “local is the new black†hangs in the window, echoing the sentiment of the group’s beef with Family Dollar in their neighborhood. But Miller said there’s more to their opposition than that.
“Most of them that I hear seem to be, not so much the opposition of Family Dollar as a company and the things that they sell and the customers that they attract because they have customers in this neighborhood. I think there are more Family Dollar customers than people want to admit.â€
Instead, Miller is worried about the logistics of having a large store in an area where small business reigns supreme. He’s watched other Family Dollar stores and noted that there tends to be at least one delivery by a pretty big truck each day. That’s something Miller said just won’t work on the portion of Florida Avenue where one-way traffic turns into two-way.
“The trucks are supposed to be on DOT roads – they’re supposed to be on Florida Avenue. Well, I guarantee their deliveries aren’t always going to come on Florida Avenue. They’re going to come up cross streets. That means they’re going to come up Wilder. They’re going to come up Haya which are two residential streets that were never even constructed for that type of traffic.â€
But disabled Seminole Heights resident Mauricio Rosas doesn’t mind the idea of having a Family Dollar erected in their neighborhood. He suspects the group opposing the new business is more concerned about the type of customers a discount store could attract.
“We don’t have $100,000, $200,000 people who live in this area in abundance – sure there are, but the majority of people in this general area I believe it’s like $56,000 or so as a medium wage. And when they do say ‘these people’ to me it does say just low income or homeless or whatever. That’s not nice.â€
Another problem the ‘No Family Dollar’ group has is that there are enough of the stores in the area already. Their website lists five locations within a two and half mile radius of the proposed new store. But Family Dollar’s Braverman said that is part of the company’s business model where, on average, stores are only a mile and half away from each other generally separated by man-made or natural boundaries.
“A lot of those natural trade boundaries would be things like highways. So it’s my understanding that some of those stores that are within close proximity to this particular location are on the other side of a major highway. So when you think about the convenience that we provide and the communities that we serve, it’s really about being right there where people live.â€
And the close proximity of stores caters to some of the store’s target demographic which includes people who don’t drive like disabled resident Rosas. He gets around on foot or on his tricycle with his Black Lab guide dog Rosco. Rosas said the store will be a benefit to him and he doesn’t understand why so many residents are making such a fuss.
“It’ll bring more people from the community. They’ll get to see the other stores that are there – the restaurants. That should be a good thing.â€
The building on the 5100 block of Florida Avenue is currently occupied by several small businesses that have been given eviction notices. Family Dollar’s Braverman said the previous property owner handled those tenants, not his company.
“It’s my understanding that the tenants there were given ample notice that was in their lease agreement. None of them were on long-term leases. Most of them were on short-term leases because they knew that the possibility of a sale by the owner of the property was a real possibility.â€
Family Dollar opponents still worry those businesses will have a hard time relocating in a struggling economy. But Keith Shaller, CEO of Van Gogh Signs which is one of the businesses moving out wrote in an email:
"I have never had a better business relationship than the one I have with the owners who lease us our space here. They have been nothing but honest and upfront about their intentions."
But company is trying to consider residents’ concerns. Josh Braverman, spokesperson for Family Dollar, said there are over 7,000 stores nationwide and they want to work with the community to make sure the store works in its unique community.
“But we treat every store differently so they’re not cookie cutter stores. We want to work with the community to ensure that it’s something that we can all be proud of and be proud to have in the community.â€
And Braverman said efforts are already underway to work with the opposition group who has taken to social network sites to get their message out.
“Well, obviously we are monitoring the Facebook site so folks could post questions there if they like and we could try to answer them there. I know that our real estate teams out in the field are meeting with some of the local leaders and business leaders out in the community so I think the conversations are starting and I think that those answers will start to come out very quickly.â€
Seminole Heights business owner Miller said he doubts that will do any good.
“They’re not going to share site plans with the community. They’re not going to do it unless they have to and they’re not going to entertain input where people want to give it. It doesn’t make sense. It’s not cost effective.†| http://www.wmnf.org/news_stories/seminole-heights-group-doesnt-want-family-dollar-in-their-neighborhood | dclm-gs1-166070002 | false | false | {
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New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday slammed the UPA government's claim that the percentage of people below poverty line in India declined sharply to 21.9 in the financial year 2011-12 from 37.2 recorded in 2004-05.
BJP leader Balbir Punj alleged that the Congress has never eradicated poverty, but the poor. He also accused the Congress of playing a game of numbers ahead of the forthcoming General Elections.
BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar described the data released by the Planning Commission as a "conspiracy", adding that in order to show it has reduced poverty, the Congress is throwing people out of below poverty line.
Calling it as "absolutely unacceptable", Javadekar denounced the "anti-poor policy of the Congress."
He said these poverty figures do not reflect the price rise and is just a "political gimmick" to show more people are now out of poverty by lowering the benchmark.
"We challenge the Congress leaders to show how one can survive on Rs 34 per day... They want to show more people are rich by changing the definition," Javadekar said.
As per the government benchmark, a person earning over Rs 34 per day is above the poverty line.
The BJP sought to know that when the Rangrajan Committee, under the watch of the Supreme Court, is looking into the issue of poverty why did the government hasten to present these new figures.
"BJP denounces the anti-poor strategy of the Congress. With an earning of Rs 34 per day nobody comes out of poverty and the severity of poverty does not go," Javadekar said.
He said the government has hurriedly presented a "false, rosy picture" despite knowing well the findings of Arjun Sengupta Committee which had said 70 percent of the people in the country live below the poverty line.
Meanwhile, BJP MP Anurag Thakur today claimed that the Congress-led UPA was "fudging" figures of the number of poor people in the country and playing "dirty politics".
"On the number of poor people in the country, the UPA government has played with figures...Only six months back, the Centre claimed that the number of poor has been increasing each day, whereas now it asserts that their number has come down," he said in Chandigarh.
"The government is just fudging the figures and playing dirty politics," Thakur said while addressing a party meeting.
He alleged that the Congress-led UPA had failed to provide adequate employment to the youths in the country.
"BJP and its allies-ruled states have given more jobs to youths than states ruled by Congress and its allies," Thakur, who is also BJP youth wing national president, said.
Quoting recent National Sample Survey Organisation data, Thakur said UPA I provided jobs to 20 lakh youths whereas UPA II could provide employment to only 10 lakh youths.
In the financial year ended March 2012, percentage of people below poverty line in urban areas was 13.7 while in rural area it was 25.7, according to data released by the Planning Commission.
In 2011-12, India had 270 million persons below the poverty line as compared to 407 million in 2004-05, that is a reduction of 137 million persons over the seven-year period.
(With PTI inputs)
First Published: Wednesday, July 24, 2013, 12:40
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fwts (0.25.06precise1) precise-proposed; urgency=low
* Stable Release Update for Precise (LP: #1033451)
[Alex Hung]
* acpi: method: Change _BBN's test_type from METHOD_MOBILE to METHOD_OPTIONAL
[Colin Ian King]
* acpi: acpidump: add extra ACPI 5.0 fields to FACP
* acpi: acpidump: Add support for bit 20 and 21 of FADT flags
* Update FADT preferred PM profile to add Tablet
* dmi: dmi_decode: make advice more relevant to data handled by the kernel
* Add mutex around semaphore counting (LP: #1017388)
* acpi: method: remove race delay kludge
* lib: acpi_acpi_tables: Add tables based on ACPI name and not file name.
* lib: fwts_acpi_tables: Force fixup on XSDT and RSDT when loading from .dat
* lib: acpica: fix semaphore counting by waiting for threads to complete
* acpica: incorporate new ACPICA sources to enable fwts to build
* acpica: use latest ACPICA source
* Update copy-acpica.sh to copy over new sources
* Update README_ACPICA.txt to add in new acpica sources
* acpi: acpidump + acpi headers: Add simple support for FPDT
* acpi: acpidump + acpi headers: Add basic dump of RASF
* acpi: acpidump: Add stub for MPST
* acpi: acpidump: make arrays static
* data: klog.json: make the _OSC failure advice more general and hand-wavy
* cpu: cpufreq: cpufreq and cpuidle dirs confusing cpuN parsing
* cpu: cpufreq: make progress estimate more accurate
* cpu: cpufreq: tidy up table output
* cpu: cpufreq: rename some global variables to make them more readable
* cpu: cpufreq: various whitespace clean ups
* cpu: cpufreq: tidy up memset usage
* cpu: cpufreq: make HzToHuman() more efficient
* cpu: cpufreq: add need to run as root
* bios: mtrr: fix stupid typos
* lib: fwts_klog: optimize regex scanning (LP: #1028031)
[Keng-Yu Lin]
* debian: Add hardening options
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Devil Phantom Series by memo123
original story made by me memo123. Mei gets in a whole lot of trouble with the new guy in his school. while another new student makes her appearance at center stage, how will Mei deal with this?
Rated: T - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 853 - Published: 9/17/2012 - Lucia - Complete
Devils Phantom series by memo123
An original story from me memo123 . But similar to luminous arc: talking About defeating god. and kinda like angel sanctuary: once angles and demons turning into humans but inside their still angels and demons ready to be re-born again. Aīkō and Méīkō meet again later in the future, but Aīkō meets a human girl named Meî later after he's re-born into a human, and Méīkō meets kei
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46 3CJR_Óscar_Luis_Rojas_Fernánde commented Permalink
Hi Barry <div> </div> We have a SVC+VMWare solution that has been a blessing. It takes our old DS4000s and relieves us from the constrains with VMWare, including lack of true active-active mode and support for VAAI, besides it give us a performance boost that was not really needed, but is always welcome. <div> </div> We want to activate compression, but we need 6.4 for that and since we have Site Recovery Manager implemented it holds us back. <div> </div> Is there a RPQ or a release date, or maybe a workaround to have VMWare with SRM working with SVC 6.4? <div> </div> Thanks
47 tkim1 commented Permalink
Hi Barry, <div> </div> Question for VAAI with SVC/V7K. Is priority given to server IOs VS. VAAI IOs?
48 jstroh commented Permalink
Hi Barry, I have a customer that has a V7000 config which includes several 300 GB HDDs, two 450 GB SSDs (RAID-10) and one 600 GB HDD (to be used as a hot spare should one of the SSDs fail). Questions: 1) is this a recommended configure, 2) how does easy tier behave if an SSD is mirrored to an HDD, 3) would it be better to simply not include the 600 GB HDD in the config and not take the performance hit should an SSD fail, knowing the failed SSD needs to be replaced ASAP due to the SPOF. any insight into this configuration and best-practice would be welcome
49 sas234 commented Permalink
Hi Barry, <br /> on volume striped v7000 and AIX 6.1 , in term of performance reason which one is the best , 1 LUN(vdisk) and set the queue_depth=200 or 4 LUN(vdisk) and set the queue_depth=50 ? <br /> How many LUN(vdisk) minimal to get the best performance ? <br /> Which one more important is it response time or throughput on IO ? <br /> Thank you
50 Dr. Axel Koester commented Permalink
@ Óscar <div> </div> Did you consider running an SVC stretched cluster with VMware, instead of MetroMirror? (...which needs to be reversed and activated by Site Recovery Manager SRM)? The VM recovery in a stretched cluster is rather straightforward since storage looks identical in both datacenters, i.e. there is no passive datastore instance. SVC will take care of avoiding split brain scenarios by preventing datastore access in the "unsafe" or "minority" datacenter. This is done in hardware and requires an independent quorum site for full automation. <div> </div> Thus there is no dependency between SRM and SVC in a stretched cluster: You may skip the step "reverse the MetroMirror relationship" in SRM. You may still use SRM to define the correct startup sequence of VMs, and maybe check other conditions. But you can use any SVC code level since there is no "mirror reversal" interaction. <div> </div> Note that the SVC stretched cluster is more a HA approach, even though it has many DR elements. <div> </div> More here: http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/svc/ic/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.storage.svc.console.doc%2Fsvc_hasplitclusters_4ru96h.html
51 orbist commented Permalink
Oscar, <div> </div> Sorry for the long delay, SRM and 6.4 is supported, as per this technote : <br /> http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S1004003
52 orbist commented Permalink
tkim, <div> </div> VAAI vs Host I/O. The only one that generates work is the write same - which internally we implement with actually less overhead than a normal I/O (no actual data is passed). <div> </div> Recent drives on V7000 also support write same, and so we don't even pass the data to disk for a write same. <div> </div> For xcopy, this is just like issuing a migrate or VDM copy command, and it will run at the speed ther disks can cope with. If there is host I/O ongoing at the same time, then they will be serviced "in-order" with the generation of the xcopy I/Os. <br />
53 orbist commented Permalink
jstroh: <div> </div> 1 and 2) Having an HDD spare is obviously a cheaper option than having an SSD spare. However as it will be mirrored to, then it will slow down the Easy Tier I/O if its taken as a spare. This just means that its like turning off Easy Tier again - if the applications (customer/user) has become used to the speed difference, then it will cause a noticable impact. <div> </div> I'd probably (if it were me) go with option3), i.e. don't have the HDD as a spare, and just take the hit should an SSD fail, and get it fixed / replaced ASAP (ensuring I have a good backup strategy at the same time) That way, you won't have as much of an impact to I/O performance in the event of a failure.
54 orbist commented Permalink
sas234 <div> </div> Re: 1 vdisk with QD=200 vs 4 vdisk and QD=50. <div> </div> If you only have these 1 or 4 vdisks, then the 4 vdisk option is better as it will make better use of the internal CPU hardware in SVC/V7000. If you need best performance for these LUNs over everything else (assuming more vdisks) then I'd still create 4, and glue them at the OS. That is if you need more than say 50K IOPs in total. A single core, is about capable of 50K IOPs in V7000 and 100K in SVC. <div> </div> As for respone time vs IOPs, its alwats a trade off - and if you mean which one matters more, then it depends what you want from your system/ Some applications live and die by latency, and so in those cases optimising for response time is key, other times, just the sheer throughput matters - but the two attirbutes are intrinsictly linked - better response time - generally means more IOPs. <div> </div> In either case my 1 vs 4 statements apply.
55 sas234 commented Permalink
Hi Barry, <div> </div> Been Investigating v7000 easy tier : <br /> AIX 6.1 TL 7 , SAP on Oracle DB 11.2 Advanced Compression on ( ca. 1 TB data ) , PP size 64 MB. <br /> V7000 , 1 Pool , 6 X 6 300 15K SAS HDD Raid 5 , Extent size 16 MB , easy tier on (evaluation mode ), 1 vdisk for log and 1 vdisk for data , queue depth=20 . <br /> So Far the avg response time for the transaction is less 20 - 30% ( before we're using DS4700 4 X 8 147 GB 15K FC RAID 10 ) . <br /> it's been more than, 1 month according to the STAT tool , there are no Hot extent . <br /> Are there any way to "push" the extent to be hot ? otherwise my SSD disk will be useless ...:( . <br /> Thank you . <br />
56 kgs commented Permalink
Hi Barry, <br /> We currently have 4 stand alone V7000's (single i/o groups), and we've just purchased 2 more that we are considering clustering to form a 2 i/o group cluster. We've successfully formed a test cluster and they seem to work well without too much extra to learn. Initial testing of migration between i/o groups was successful. What we've not been able to find is any documentation or guidance on best practices around this. We know it's well supported in the SVC world, but what is the current thinking about doing this with V7000's? Any opinions, guidance, pointers to docs? Performance or stability concerns?
57 tabin commented Permalink
Hi Barry <div> </div> Is there any possibility to reset easy tier's statistics so the STAT will show only results for last period when ET was active? One customer tests it and he starts and stops easytier many times but he wants to see only statistics for the currently running period and not for all previous periods. <br /> He also noticed the dpa_heat file is generated not every 24h but every random nuber of hours :) Sometimes its 20h, sometimes 16h and sometimes over 23h. Why is taht? This is on SVC v6.4 <br /> And one more thing - does it make sense to implement easytier on volume copy target volumes? For example, when I want to make full volume copy (for test systems) every day, then easytier could (but not necessarily would) move all this volume to ssd even if the volume includes a lot of blocks which won't be used in test systems. But easytier can hold those block on ssd because they are all written to every day. I think this makes much sense with incremental fc. <br />
58 orbist commented Permalink
sas234, <div> </div> Sounds like your database is doing a good job of spreading the work across the capacity! <div> </div> If you put SSD in, although STAT is showing there are no real hot spots, EasyTier will still move those that are the hotest (even if that means 1 I/O more than all the rest) which may result in improvements, but it sounds like you probably don't need it. Unless you say "pin" a vdisk to a single mdisk or such (i.e. mkvdisk -mdisk X (limit the striping to 1 or more mdisks within the pool)
59 orbist commented Permalink
kgs, <div> </div> Multi-IO Group (clustered) V7000 has a couple of key considerations. <div> </div> 1. Because the SAS disks are physically attached to only one IO group, you can striipe volumes over disks from multiple IO Groups, but since a volume is owned by a single IO Group, this will result in I/O requests being forwarded between nodes in the cluster. <div> </div> On the surface this sounds bad, but (assuming you dont have an all SSD config) since V7000 is disk limited in its IOPs, i.e. can sustain way more IOPs than a max 240 drives can provide, testing showed that "lazy" provisioning makes no difference to IOPs. i.,e. one giant pool with arrays from all IO groups, and volumes stiped over this pool. <div> </div> Basically 2 IO Groups gives 2x the disk perfotrmance, i.e. 480. <br /> Going beyond 2 IO Groups may show some limits as we become FC port IOP limited <div> </div> 2. Bandwidth. The opposite is true for MB/s - because I/O is being forwarded, we are using up the FC port bandwidth, and so scaling beyond a single IO group, using lazy provisioning means you see no increase in MB/s over a single I/O group <div> </div> In this case, rigid provisioning is better. That is, create storage pools from arrays in a single IO group, and create volumes in the same IO Gorup. This does kind of give you a silo'd approach, and at this point the main benefit, over 2 single V7000 systems is single management. And the ability to migrate between IO groups, pools, snapshot to different pools etc. <div> </div> Hope this helps
60 orbist commented Permalink
tabin, <div> </div> The only way to reset heat information that I know of is to vdisk mirror a volume, and split off the new copy as the active one, free up the old extents etc This will reset the volume back to no history. <div> </div> No idea why the dpa_heat is generated at seemingly random intervals - will find out ! <div> </div> When you Volume copy, either VDM, or MM etc - if the copy remains, i.e. you are just re-syncing it every day (to the same volume id) then it will hold history from the previous use. The copy operation itself however won't mean Easy Tier thinks these are hot. Since it ignores large and sequential I/O patterns, the copy operations themself are ignored. | https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/blogs/storagevirtualization/entry/open_forum_q_a_58?maxresults=15&lang=en&page=3 | dclm-gs1-166320002 | false | false | {
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Proof freak
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RSS Wars
Logic over the Web
Bugs in programs proven correct
Debuggability of reference counting
Lots of interesting threads to respond to. I was going to write more tonight, but instead I spent over three hours talking with David McCusker on the phone. It was well worth it, as he was able to give me some new ideas about trees in Fitz, and I explained to him my trick for representing arbitrary trees in a btree-like structure.
Garbage collection
mwh wonders about terminology. I guess there are people who consider reference counting to be a form of garbage collection, but I tend to think of them as two different approaches to the same problem. To me, a garbage collector is something that can collect garbage even when it has cyclic references. I guess it all depends on who is master :)
By this criterion, Python 2's "cycle detector" is a real garbage collector, but there is also reference counting. When a reference count goes to zero, a structure can be freed immediately, which is not true of "pure" garbage collected runtimes. In fact, if you're careful not to create circular references, you might never need to invoke the cycle detector.
Essentially, the hack in Python is to use reference counts to determine the roots. In any garbage collected runtime, finding the roots is a challenging problem. The problem is even harder when code is in C, because a lot of the time, you'll want references stored on the stack to be considered roots. Python counts the number of references in to each object, and if this doesn't match the reference count, considers the object to be a root.
I haven't done benchmarking, but my intuition tells me that Python's approach is one of the poorest performing. For one, you have 4 bytes of overhead per object to store the reference count. For two, as mwh points out, just forgetting a reference pulls the object into the cache. For three, bumping reference counts causes memory traffic. In many cases, you'll get write traffic to main memory even when you're just doing a read-only traversal. For four, I'm sure that Python's cycle detector is slower than most mark-sweep collectors, because of all the extra accounting it has to do.
mwh guesses that reference counting is better performing than stop and copy. Actually, stop and copy tends to be one of the best performing approaches. Allocation is very cheap, in the common case just advancing a free pointer. On collection, only active objects have any cost. In most systems, the majority of objects have very short lifetimes. For these, the cost of freeing is essentially zero. Finally, stop and copy often compacts objects, increasing spatial locality, so you may need to pull fewer cache lines from main memory to access an structure. But note that Hans Boehm doesn't agree with me. See his slides on GC myths, for example, and this comparison of asymptotic complexity.
The GC FAQ looks like a pretty good reference.
mbp: Java's example is not particularly helpful for what I'm trying to do. My goal is to have a library that works well when bound to whatever runtime the client wants. The Java philosophy, by contrast, is to nail down a runtime and force all components of a system to conform to it. In many cases, that's actually a good thing. It minimizes the impedance mismatches between modules. Further, Java's runtime is actually a pretty good one. A huge amount of effort has obviously gone into tuning its performance, and I'm impressed that they've gotten garbage collection in highly multithreaded environments to work so well. Java's runtime is undoubtedly better than most hand-rolled stuff.
I'm not convinced by your claim that Java is agile with respect to garbage collection discipline. I consider the ability to count, say, only forward references in a doubly linked list to be a minimum requirement for any decent reference counted discipline. Where is that in Java? I know that embedded Java folks are having success with coding patterns that allocate very little memory, but at the cost of a more constrained use of the language. In particular, if you use a library written for general Java in such an environment, it won't work well. Conversely, general Java users probably won't much like libraries designed for embedded stuff, because they're used to a dynamic style.
Other stuff
I have things to say about proofs vs testing, debuggability of runtimes, and media coverage of Hatfill, but they'll all have to wait for another day.
A 7.30 release is pre-announced. This one contains the notorious DeviceN merge, but isn't the most stable release ever. If you're interested in DeviceN, you'll want it.
I'll be at Seybold SF over the next three days. I don't feel entirely prepared for it, but it's always a lot of fun to meet customers and users, and to see what else is going on in the industry. It'll be a bit strange being there on the 11th. This anniversary touches a pretty deep chord for probably all Americans. I was a bit surprised to have a dream about it a few days ago. May everyone have a peaceful Wednesday.
Testing and proofs
In a recent phone conversation, Peter Deutsch quoted Dijkstra's famous saying, "testing can only show the presence of bugs, never their absence." Dijkstra was arguing for a more systematic approach to programming, in particular proofs of correctness. I agree, but here we are in 2002 with extremely poor tools for writing and deploying provably-correct programs. Thus, my response is: "without testing, you don't even have a way to detect the presence of bugs."
I'm now more convinced than ever that thorough testing is the most practical route to high quality software. We're doing a lot of regression testing on Ghostscript now, and increasing it still further, but these tests are still not what I'd call thorough.
I think that one of the best things from the Extreme Programming movement is the idea that testing is baked in to the development process. I plan to follow this deeply for Fitz development. Among other things, I want to test for memory leaks (relatively easy if you just count mallocs and frees), UMR's and other runtime flaws (which means running tests under Valgrind), memory usage, speed, and of course consistent rendering. The latter is, I think, especially important when doing hardware accelerated rendering, such as with XRender. Testing that the results are consistent with unaccelerated rendering is quite straightforward.
Ultimately, I would like to prove Fitz correct. In principle, this shouldn't be all that hard to do. John Harrison's thesis shows how to do serious work with reals in the HOL framework. It's not hard to imagine continuing this work into computational geometry concepts such as line segments, polygons, and Bezier curves.
Even in the context of proving programs correct with respect to a formal specification, I think intensive testing will usually be required, if for no other reason than to validate the specification. I find flate (zlib) compression a useful example. One aspect of the spec is trivial: decompression composed with compression should be the identity function over streams. Yet, it's also important to show that the compression is compatible with existing implementations. I'd have almost no confidence in this just from eyeballing the formal spec. The only real way to do it is to test it. And, as I say, I consider flate compression to be one of the problems most amenable to a formal approach. It's impossible to imaging doing something like a Word-to-PDF converter without intensive testing.
Conscious runtime design
Chris Ryland sent me an email pointing out that Python's runtime was consciously designed to meet certain goals, including runtime compatibility with C. Indeed, Python is one of my main inspirations.
I think it's possible to argue that Python got one thing wrong, which is its choice of memory freeing discipline. Python 1 is reference counted only, and Python 2 adds garbage collection. The result is more complex, and probably slower, than one discipline or the other alone. Of course, for something like Python, reference counting only has the serious disadvantage of leaking memory whenever programs create circular data structures.
Memory freeing discipline is one of the most difficult problems for runtime design. There is no one approach which is obviously best. In particular, reference counting is definitely imperfect. Aside from the problems with circular data structures, it's often not the fastest approach. Garbage collection is often faster, largely because you don't have the overhead of constantly bumping the reference count.
But reference counting has one killer advantage: it's easy to integrate into other runtimes. In particular, a refcounted runtime can be slave to a garbage collected runtime, knitted together through finalization calls. By contrast, knitting together two garbage collectors is quite hard. And, in doing a graphics rendering library rather than a full programming language, I can simply avoid creating circular structures by design. Thus, I've arrived at reference counting as the best choice.
I can think of one alternative, which is appealing but not practical given today's technology. Imagine a language that is designed explicitly to make runtime-compatible libraries. The compiler will then generate different code for the same source, depending on the target runtime. Thus, the generated code for Python 2 would have both reference counting and garbage collection tracing methods. The generated code for Ruby would have just garbage collection. Another target might assume the Boehm-Weiser collector, and yet another might just have reference counting. Maybe an Apache module target does allocations in pools. Obviously, writing source that can be translated into high quality code for all these runtimes would take some care, but I don't see it as impossible.
I think such an approach has lots of advantages, but for obvious reasons I don't want to put the design and implementation of such a language on the critical path for Fitz.
Earlier, I wrote expressing skepticism that Psyco would achieve its goals. Happily, it looks like I'm being proved wrong.
In fact, if it does work (which it's beginning to look like), the Pysco approach has some definite advantages. Primarily, you don't need to complicate the language to add static annotations. Rather, if something is always the same type (or the same value, or whatever), it's detected dynamically.
The fact that people are seriously exploring different approaches to performance in very high level languages is marvelous.
Metamath and HOL
I got a nice email from Michael Norrish, suggesting that maybe HOL is not as difficult as I suspected. The core of HOL Light is only about 1000 lines of ML. That's an appealing level of simplicity. Of course, ML is particularly well suited for doing HOL-style logic, but that hardly counts as a strike against it!
Without meaning any disrespect for other projects such as Mizar, QED, Mathweb, NuPrl, etc., for the stuff I'm interested in, HOL and Metamath are definitely the two systems of interest. They're both simple, they're both founded on mature work in mathematical logic, and there's enough mathematics done in both to make comparisons useful.
Unfortunately, the two systems are different enough to pose major compatibility problems. At heart, functions are different beasts. In ZF(C) set theory, they're essentially untyped, and allowed to be partial. They can be hugely infinite, but can't take themselves as arguments. Thus, even such a simple and familiar expression such as lambda x.x can't be directly expressed as a ZF set.
HOL functions, on the other hand, are typed, but total within that type. Thus, the function lambda x. 1/x is problematic. Harrison's construction of the reals in HOL arbitrarily takes 1/0 = 0. The trick of polymorphic types lets you apply a function to itself, with just enough limitations to avoid the paradoxes. So lambda x.x is back in the club.
I get the feeling that there's been work on connecting the two flavors of formal system, but it seems technical and difficult to me. This is disappointing.
In any case, I feel this interest in logic burning itself out for now. I'm sure I'll come back to it later; it's been an interest of mine for a long time. I still feel that a Web-centered distributed proof repository could be a very interesting thing, and that the tools I'm comfortable with could be applied well. But what I do not need right now is another big project.
The big DeviceN merge happened, and it's not too bad. There are still some regressions, but they're settling down. A big chunk of my recent work has been putting together a framework to test whether 6-color DeviceN rendering is consistent with plain CMYK. I'm becoming an even firmer believer in testing, and I think that graphics rendering systems are particularly suitable for automated testing.
I'm craving a chunk of time to sit down and write Fitz design ideas, but with the Ghostscript 8.0 release process taking all my time, it's not been easy. Even so, some aspects of the design seem to be coming into relatively clear focus, even as details on things like font and text rendering seem elusive. I'm particularly excited about the design of the runtime discipline. In particular, it should be a lot easier to understand and integrate with other systems than the current Ghostscript runtime discipline. I don't see a lot of work on conscious design for runtimes; more commonly, designs inherit runtimes from somewhere else (language, library, predecessor). As such, I'm hoping that the runtime document will make interesting reading even for people not in the market for a graphics rendering library.
jeremyw is correct, of course. Simply saying "permission to quote is granted" or something similar is almost as concise, and far clearer to most people.
The second big problem with Metamath is the fact that it nails down specific constructions. It's important to note, however, that this is a characteristic of the set.mm database, not the Metamath framework itself.
The solution to this problem, I think, is to use "theory interpretation." Instead of saying, for example, "0 is the empty set, and x + 1 is x U {x}", you say, "for all sets N and functions +, -, *, /, whatever satisfying the usual axioms for arithmetic." Then, if you ever need to show the existence of such a thing, for example to use arithmetic as a temporary while proving something else, you can use the standard construction, or any construction for that matter.
The question is how much more awkward this will make proofs. Metamath's choice of a definite construction is good for overall simplicity. I guess there's really only one way to find out.
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Africa: Survey Lists 55 Billionaires in Africa
Johannesburg — There are at least 55 billionaires on the African continent. That's according to the Africa's Richest survey from Venture Africa, an Africa-based business magazine.
There are 10 countries represented on the list, with Nigeria leading the way with 20 billionaires, South Africa with nine and Egypt with eight.
The combined wealth of Africa's 55 billionaires is $143.88 billion, and the average wealth is $2.6 billion.
The richest man on the list is Aliko Dangote, whose investments in manufacturing three decades ago have grown into a $20.2 billion net worth. He is followed by South African investor Allan Gray and Nigerian oil and telecom businessman Mike Adenuga.
Of Nigeria's billionaires, 13 have significant or total investments in the oil business, and mining is a sector tapped by many on the list across the continent.
The Venture Africa survey has more than triple the number of billionaires reported by previous lists. Forbes Magazine noted only 16 billionaires in Africa in late 2012.
Venture Africa's Publisher Chi Chi Okonjo said his magazine's Nigerian and South African base help with having more information than some lists - which is why his survey is more comprehensive.
"We know, because we have people on ground, some of these people are actually people we know personally," Okonjo explained. "So we know their assets... .That's the difference... .You really need to be on ground to know what's happening. So we're able to provide much more detailed information."
His editorial staff calculated wealth through publicly held shares, privately held companies, investment bankers, financial analysts and other financial barometers.
Okonjo said Africans also tend to be quiet about their wealth.
"Wealth is still somewhat taboo in Africa. People prefer discuss what they are doing for their communities rather than how much money they have. It's just a cultural thing," he noted. "So people don't like to discuss how much money they have or how much they've amassed."
Dr. Azar Jammine, director of Econometrix, an economic consulting firm in Johannesburg, said this growing number of billionaires might not be a great sign for the overall economic health of the continent.
"Essentially it's also a reflection of growing, it seems to be going hand in hand, with growing inequality around the world. Not everyone is getting rich at the same pace. The rich appear to be getting richer faster than the poor are getting richer, " Jammine said.
According to Jammine, the economic growth comes from fast and large population growth, an increase in commodities prices such as oil, and the growth of the Chinese economy, which has heavily invested in Africa.
Okonjo said he wasn't surprised at all by the findings, though they were quite conservative with their estimations of wealth, just to be safe.
"I do think the number is a whole lot more than the 55 that we have, so we're not surprised. We actually expected a bit more from some of the places," he admitted. "I believe that we have a few more entrepreneurs who at some point in time will list their assets or make their business a bit more transparent."
Okonjo expects that next year's list of billionaires will be even larger.
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I want to grant a newly created user sudo privileges in Ubuntu.
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sudo adduser hduser admin
but it says no admin group exists. How can I do it?
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What is the output of sudo visudo? – Mitch Jul 26 '12 at 8:19
This was changed recently, which is the reason for the confusion. – Adrian Jul 26 '12 at 8:29
sudo adduser <username> sudo - did the trick for me. Second sudo is the group name instead of sudo – Jamess Sep 21 '12 at 12:28
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You need to add the user to the sudo group (which is the "administrators" group in Ubuntu).
If you have already created the user, you can add the user to the sudo group by running the following command in a Terminal.
sudo usermod -a -G sudo hduser
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Note that the user must log off, then back on again for this change to take effect. – Jacob Foshee Jul 5 '13 at 16:01
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Instead you can try,
sudo adduser hduser sudo
Because In some linux distributions, there is no group called admin in unix. You need to add the user only to the group sudo.
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edit nano /etc/sudoers
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user ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL
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1) Become root. You can do this using sudo -i or becoming root the old fashioned way su -
2) Run visudo
3) I changed this portion of the sudoers file to have my chosen users become sudo users, and you can add users similarly (blank lines introduce to format cleanly):
## User Aliases
## These aren't often necessary, as you can use regular groups
## (ie, from files, LDAP, NIS, etc) in this file - just use %groupname
## rather than USERALIAS
# User_Alias ADMINS = jsmith, mikem dbadmin
ics ALL=(ALL) ALL
csm ALL=(ALL) ALL
4) Press : and x to write the changes to sudoers and exit vi.
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Cosmic Leone 85Q is an Attack-Type Beyblade to be released in the Howling Smash 2-Pack with a Jade Jupiter 130B recolor.
Face Bolt: Leone II
The Face on this Beyblade depicts Leo Minor, one of the 88 constellations. It's also known as the lesser lion. Unlike the previous Leone Face Bolt, the words, "LEO" are removed and are replaced by Leo's paw with a white star on it, Leo also appears to be looking upwards and is roaring as well. This design is on a transparent lime green Face Bolt.
Energy Ring: Leone II
Leone II resembles the original Leone Energy Ring with "armor" surrounding it. However, there is a trapezium-like design with squares and a screw-like design on top of it and the Energy Ring appears to be slightly more sturdier and bulkier. It still weights exactly the same as the previous Leone Energy Ring, thus its performance is exactly the same. It has the same half rectangle lines like Leone I, but more bulky. It is bright blue in color.
Fusion Wheel: Cosmic
Cosmic was a much anticipated part of the 4D System, but performance-wise, Cosmic did not feature great use in Attack. Cosmic is best used with tall Spin Tracks like 230 or TH170 and Cosmic features Force Smash as well. To get the most out of Cosmic, combos such as MF-H Cosmic Horogium/Tempo D125XF speed around the Beystadium until it hits the opposing Bey, causing a huge amount of Smash impact. It also features some use in Defense also. Despite this, Cosmic may be flawed, but is a decent Attack-Type Wheel to say the least. Fusion Wheels like Blitz, Variares, and Beat are much more better than Cosmic but in all in all, Cosmic is a decent Fusion Wheel at best. The Hasbro wheel will not have mode change feature, although the inner part of the wheel is painted red to resemble the original PC frame, As the core is built into the bottom of Cosmic, and has no parts portuding outwards.
Spin Track: 85
85 is currently, the lowest Spin Track and thus, the best Spin Track for low attackers due to its Attack and Stamina capabilities. It is a top-tier Spin Track. However, its low height causes it to scrape the Stadium floor multiple times when it starts to lose Stamina. Due to this, some Bladers prefer to use 90 over 85. However, if placed with taller Performance Tips, like HF/S or RF, it can avoid floor scrapes as much as possible. Although 85 can be countered with Spin Tracks like TH170 and 230, it still remains as an excellent Spin Track for Attack-Type customizations.
Performance Tip: Q (Quake)
This is indeed one of the most valuable parts of the Beyblade. The Performance Tip is actually a WF tip, only cut diagonally so that the Beyblade can bounce. Due to this, it has a very poor spin capacity or it has very little Stamina. However, It provides great Attack movement when placed on another Track besides Move 145.
Cosmic Leone 85Q
Number: B-155
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Face Bolt Leone II
Energy Ring Leone II
Fusion Wheel Cosmic
Spin Track 85
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First Appearance (Anime) N/A
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The Narcissist SUCKS & Destroys Lives
Who Else But a Narcissist Can Make You Feel So CRAZY?
The Narcissist
Contributed to by Tigress Luv and by other readers
A Narcissist in the Mist
It seems like my whole life I have been alone, trying desperately to be liked and loved, but never quite reaching that goal. Every one of my relationships were based on me wondering why my man didn't love me, didn't talk to me, didn't share any romance or kindness towards me. Instead it seems like every man in my life was abusive towards me...like they weren't going to be happy until I was beaten and shattered and brought to my knees.
I have spent years looking at other women and feeling the stabs of envy as their men cherished them and treated them like queens. Why couldn't a man treat me that way? Was it something I did? Was it something I lacked? Was I just not lovable - not even likable? Was I too smart - or too stupid? Was I not sexy enough, or charming enough? Was I not soft and vulnerable enough? Did I cook wrong or was I bad in bed? Was my waist too thick or my legs too long? What was it about me that made men abuse me, neglect me, and use me? And then justify their lack of love if I reacted to their mistreatment negatively?
What was I doing wrong? Or not doing right? I was faithful. A loving mother. A supportive mate. Did I maybe put too many people before me?
Does being selfish make one lovable, and does being sacrificial turn men against you?
I often wonder about this as I look at the women in this world who seem to have it all. I see mean, selfish, catty, self-focused, uncompassionate, unappreciative women all around me - and they have every man in the world throwing themselves at their feet. (Unlike me) these are women who are only out for themselves. (Unlike me) these are heartless women who can watch the news and not cry. (Unlike me) they can say 'no' when someone asks for their help, and they can spend their money on themselves and not on the bills.
As the years passed the men in my life grew even more mean and more cruel to me. I can't recall any man in my life - ever - that was good to me... well, past the 'fake' courting stage anyway. They were all cruel, insulting, cold, unfaithful, vicious, mean, and selfish. They withheld their time and attention and affection from me. They withheld love, or gave me the silent treatment or the cold-shoulder … or they just came right out and hit me or kicked me.
Most all - no make that 'all' - were verbally and emotionally abusive to me. They called me a 'joke' and even 'evil'. My own father once called me a 'cunt'. They didn't give me presents or jewelry, or take me out on a loving, romantic date. There were no 'Valentine's Day' surprises for me, or little love letters left out anywhere. No man planned an elaborate marriage proposal or got up on stage and sang me a song. There were no Christmas gifts under the tree; not even a card.
Eventually it just became easier for me to say, "I don't believe in the whole 'gift' concept"; it was so much kinder to my heart to know I wasn't going to receive anything at all than to feel the shattering disappointment of realizing there was no gift waiting for me when I was hoping for one.
I eventually closed my heart up, tight. I became what appeared to be a cold-hearted, impenetrable and hardened women, but in reality my cold heart and hardened exterior was just a facade - a facade that hid a little girl who cried herself to sleep every night with tears of loneliness and self-shame that sprung from inside her soul and never showed on the outside for anyone to see. A person who feigned a dead heart - even to herself. A dead heart couldn't feel any pain, right? A dead heart couldn't hurt, right? A dead heart couldn't absorb the rejection and neglect my soul had endured for 50+ years.
And now - well, it is a phony coward who could just walk away from all his responsibilities and DUMP IT ALL ON ME...without even a phone call or a look back. A flirt who was upset because being in a relationship with me ruined his image with his fanfare - it meant he was 'taken', I guess. Who knows? Who cares? Well, I do. I can't believe that he would just dump EVERYTHING on me! This is from a man I supported for years, stood by, encouraged, loved, and tried to understand. A man who I took care of in sickness and in health. Who I financed recording studios, limos, newspaper ads, and whatever else he wanted; who I did artwork for and sacrificed spending all my weekends lonely and alone because he was off trying to impress others.
A man who I drove to the hospital. Whose duster and hats I paid for. Who had to do absolutely nothing but sit around and play computer ping pong games while I worked from dawn to midnight for.
I tell you, he faked loving me...for awhile. But it became so obvious that he was using me. One knows when they are loved. And one knows when they are NOT loved. I bought him a camera - he never ONCE took a picture of me. Yet our garage was FULL of boxes of pictures of his ex! He wrote hundreds of songs (lots for her) - he never once wrote one for me...he never even sang one for me!
But I am so sad. I thought I had experienced what it felt like to really be loved by a man. But he turned out to be a fraud. A fake. A man who slept in a chair every night just to avoid being by me. A freeloader. A man who never loved me. A man who left me to shoulder the weight of the world all by myself. TLC? A word I have never experienced or been on the receiving end of. I was the one who had to be strong, who had to take care of business, who had to keep everybody's head above water. But who held up mine?
And I was easily fooled by a narcissist who was trained in devouring women like me. Women who desperately want to believe that a real love can exist for her. The fairy tale didn't come true. Prince Charming was a fake and a phony. The other women get the good men. The good women get the shaft.
He left me the shaft. Oh, he managed to take his toys, camera, recording instruments, duster, boots, hats, even the wedding band I had bought him AND the engagement ring I had to buy for myself - but he left the bills and responsibilities for me. What a nice man. What a slap in the face that is to me.
Why am I writing this, you may ask? I will get to that in a bit, but first just let me get a few things off my burdened soul. Because this is about something that I am observing lately... something that people keep telling me about... and something that I can do NOTHING about...
I can't stand narcissists who use women for the chance of owning a (her) club, going on a vacation via her pocketbook, or the status of the delusion of being a star in a bar. I can't stand narcissists who are able to download itunes by the scores because he walked out on his own bills from the last woman he was fake with and used. I can't stand a narcissist who has to flirt with, touch and pour on 'phony' charm to every female he sees in order to feel good about himself.
I can't stand those fake tears that narcissists can turn on in public in the blink of an eye, yet bear no conscience once out of sight of bystanders. I can't stand a narcissist who fakes being a sensitive man when he has never experienced human compunction, guilt, shame or a sense of wrong over anything he has ever done; when the only tears he has ever shed were for himself.
I can't stand a fake man who only wants to be more of a narcissist by owning a club or continuing his fake show, rather than being a real man and treating women right, even after - by means of intimacy - she unveils his mask.
However, I do feel sorry for a man who has to constantly wear a mask to feel lovable; it must be exhausting for him to forever be aware of the 'impression' he makes when that impression is a feigned one. It must be scary to constantly feel the need to 'impress' and be 'adored' to feel good about oneself. It must be totally consuming to 'fake' compassion for, or 'impersonate' a real, feeling and sympathetic person to a woman who tells him her story of her ex troubles - especially when he was more evil to his own exes than her ex could ever have been to her.
Trust me, he doesn't care about her story. He doesn't care about her burdens. He doesn't feel compassion. He only wants the status and the ego. The public image of a man. He's not a 'bad' person inside - it's just that he's not 'anything' inside. He is an ebony cavity encased in a pearly shell - an empty hole in a pretty, bejewelled case. A nicely wrapped gift box that is devoid of any offerings once unwrapped.
I think in this sorry case, the real man inside him died the minute he put a 'lookie-me' instrument in his hands as a youth... from that pivoting moment on he became an image of a man and nothing else. He spent the rest of his life perfecting and developing his outer image, but in the interim he abandoned his inner soul. From then on he became a heartless, loveless fabricated public image who could fake the appearance of just the opposite. So you must feel sorry for somebody who can only feel loved by presenting a false image - someone who so fears that their real self is so flawed that it must be killed off and that adoration is only to be had through making people love their well-rehearsed 'false' front.
And one must also feel sorry for a narcissist who spends his every waking minute 'perfecting' his misrepresented and fabricated public image. It's all about status and appearances and gaining love through these means. The narcissist' entire ego is based in this false identity.
What a turd machine. May the evil spirits that haunt the narcissist follow him to the end of time and never give him rest. He is a sad example of the waste that eats away at women's gentle and trusting innocence.
Please pray for all the unsuspecting, gentle women who want to believe in this man.
So, for all those dozens and dozens of people who think it is their job to tell me about the narcissist's latest escapades, please laugh at him without me. I feel no need to feign humor in the sadness of the situation, nor do I really want to hear the evil name spoken ANYMORE. Tis not my reason for being ANYMORE, so please gossip and bemuse yourselves without me. I am NOT involved in that fiasco ANYMORE, and have so moved on from his theatrical charades. Sorry, no offense meant, but please do not speak of this evil name out loud anywhere near me ANYMORE. Please do not email me with the latest, and please do not leave me a text message.
I have spent too long a time trying to recover from this sham of my heart. I have suffered self-effacement and the humiliation of considering myself wise while being made a fool of at the same time. I believed in the facade, the 'semblance' of a real man.
Remember this is a self-serving, narcissistic coward who dumped all his debts and responsibilities on a disabled, ailing woman who was going through menopause and a family crisis - two mortgages, three car payments, seven dogs, and the IRS (plus much, much more!) - bought himself a Hawaiian shirt and custom-made ball cap ... and then had the nerve to strut around town like the 'damaged' hero. The narcissist is an evil sociopath who has no conscience and who uses women for his own advancement ... that is the only attraction he has for women - to stroke his narcissistic ego, to buy him toys, and to pay his way.
See a narcissist will suck the life out of you until you have nothing else left to give him - nothing else left that will enhance his 'image' or 'advance' him and his status, and then he will walk away from his own self-created bills, leaving you in financial ruin or dumping all his and/or the family as a whole, bills squarely on your back to pay ... and if you can't or you don't then he will pretend to remain blameless and victimized, claiming that 'you' ruined his 'name' or stole his 'identity', or that you were a greedy and materialistic woman that had to have stairmasters, or Lexus', or big screen tv's.
People like me? Well, we pay those bills - some of us pay them forever, others of us just 'wake up' one day and ask ourselves why the hell we are being punished for being a fool - and we stop mopping off his stage after his show. This is an M.O. that the narcissist repeats throughout his life, though, often leaving his exes either in financial ruin, or saddled and burdened with ALL their mutually-created bills or his own self-created debts. That's why a narcissist often never argues over who gets the property from his marriage. Because he knows deep inside that he never paid for any of it. She can have the house, the car, the furniture... he knows that these are hers anyway because he cowardly walked away and dumped all the financial responsibility for everything directly onto her. As if walking away somehow abolished him from being a responsible man and owning up to his share.
And the narcissist cares nothing about the burden his selfishness and hungry ego puts on his past mates. Saddling her with his mess is of no consequence to him. He has not the capability of feeling empathy or concern for his victims, and can convince himself that he is perfect and totally blameless.
People like me? I care for others; I love strong and deeply, and sometimes blindly. I have compassion and empathy for others ... sometimes my altruistic nature runs so strong that I can't bear to watch the news. But a narcissist ONLY cares about how much people 'like' him and how he 'looks' (translation: the 'image' he projects). Narcissists are greedy, malevolent, mean, selfish, spiteful, unkind and self-absorbed people who masquerade as just the opposite (they are excellent actors). People like me, well we get used a lot, yes. I have listened to hard luck stories and have paid people's rents, utilities, gave them 'hand-outs'. Yes, compassionate, loving, caring and empathetic people get used, and narcissists prey on these types of people; like a vampire they suck them dry.
I admit it - I was had, and I do not wish to keep being reminded of it. I paid my price (trust me!). Everything I (and other mentally healthy people) spend money on has to do with human survival and responsibilities. Everything the narcissist spends money on has to do with his 'impression' ... i.e., how he 'looks', how he 'sounds', etc. It's all about him setting his stage (his fake 'impression') while he uses the rest of us to mop it off for him (pay his real bills).
The man is simply an 'image'. There's nothing else in there.
Getting back to all my (?) well-meaning 'friends' ... if you are so concerned for 'her' tell her to her face, and don't tell me behind her back. She has never been the kind to care for others (in my opinion) so why should others care about her? Let her learn on her own, or tell her (not likely she will listen, though). As far as I am concerned they deserve each other; that is to say that they will be just fine if they don't worry about the other one 'stealing their thunder' (narcissists don't like to share their 'limelight' - not even with their mates), or they don't clash on which one is more wonderful and gets more attention from their adoring public! So if you are so concerned about her well-being DON'T TELL ME! Tell her. She is vulnerable right now and ripe for the picking. I say let her get picked. He will spit her out, too, once she has lost her advantageous offerings or sees through his veil (narcissists don't like it when people find out that they have real faults and flaws - just like everybody else in this world does).
But maybe - first - he'll get that trip to New Zealand or His name on the biz deed - or a guaranteed marquee. Whatever his motive is, though, you can bet your last, hard-earned dollar that charming her is just his avenue there.
But as for me, please don't bother me with it. I have moved on - and far, far away. No need for the drama, or to witness his fake, flirtatious persona permeate through that town like a plague. After a lifelong history of one abusive relationship after another, after being lonely my whole life - I was seduced into giving 'man' one more try. What a fool I was. During my years with the narcissist I was emotionally battered, insulted, segregated from his life, denied affection, belittled, ostracized, ignored, ridiculed, snubbed, made to suffer through unwarranted cruelty and loneliness, degraded, disregarded, demeaned, mocked, dishonored, forgotten, demonized, shut out, bashed, treated like a 'rival', discounted, minimized, humiliated by his flagrant flirting with others, neglected and lied to (and lied about!) by a narcissist who could mask the face of Jesus Christ and lead people like a Pied Piper straight to Hell. Thus is the facade of a narcissist. Thus was my life; a nightmare that I am now just recovering from. So please leave me alone, and understand that I do not want to hear of the name of this void soul ever again.
I have exorcised his evil remains from my being and moved on to a pure life where no man will ever abuse me again. I cannot get back all those years I lost faithfully loving a 'false god', but I now wish to put this empty, evil-being from my past as far behind me as humanly possible and I cannot do this when you all feel it is your duty to keep me informed. I know you mean well, but you are only feeding the devil when you continuously speak his name.
Benihana, Chandler Hawaii - Where a Cracker & Co is just a backdrop for a breakfast that is used like a stage prop
I don't have the money to purchase your book now, but soon as I am able I will. But would you help me out with something. I have broken up with the sociopath. He doesnt live far from me, and flaunts his new conquest in my face. I shouldnt phrase it like that because I really dont care who he is with. I know what she has and I dont want it. Why, why is he so hell bent on trying to hurt me? Why am I the enemy? He tells people how he has "come back" financially since our breakup. And from the outside looking in. He has. But he stepped all over ME to get there. This man didnt have a pot to piss in, let alone a window to throw it out of. I have moved on and am trying to rebuild my life, financially and emotionally. He tells people how crazy I am, and how he could never have anything while he was with me. Okay, fine, more lies. But he also says that he is going to see me behind bars in jail. I have to tell you that whoever this man talks to HE is believed. Why does he want to send me to jail? Why does he want to destroy me? Why am I the enemy and those people who really used him and never gave a damn about him, does he give the appearance (because I know NOTHING is real with him) that he would damn near lay down his life for them?
I went to your website and have been searching websites trying to find the answer to this question. I know it is nothing that I have done. But is there something that I can do. I can't leave town because I have a child that has another year and half in high school. Please help me or refer me to where I can find the answers. I got the book about sociopaths from the library it helped but did not answer the question.
I am feeling pretty desperate because everything that this sick crazy man has tried to do to me, he has been successful. No matter how outrageous the lies told against me were.
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"Dear Cassidy,
Wow, you sound like an exact ditto of me - only I did take my daughter (who had one year of high school left) and moved to another town. SHE LOVES IT !!!
I know how much it hurts to be made to look like the bad guy, when the absolute opposite is the truth. Just remember that everything about a narcissist is an accumulation of his lifelong study of how to fool people...yes, he can easily fool these people BUT it is because he has made it his life-priority to learn how to manipulate people. And people can easily be manipulated by such a pro. Hell, even you were fooled by him (in the beginning), right? That is his job. In order to be a narcissist he must convince people to believe in a falsehood - and he is the falsehood.
If the narcissist is going so out of his way to manipulate people against you and to make you look so bad it is only because he knows deep inside that you are BETTER than him - and this he can't have! NOBODY can be better than him, so he must somehow devalue you in order to 'revalue' himself and let go of you. He needs to save face, and he can't do that if he turns out looking like the bad guy. Unfortunately a narcissist sees a relationship as a 'competition' or a 'battle'. When the relationship is over, it's not a mutual break to him, but a ceasefire - so now there must be a 'winner' and a 'loser'....and the narcissist will NEVER be a 'loser' so he must demonize you in order to emerge the victor. It's all a sick game with him, and you must actually feel sorry for a man that is that empty inside that only his 'impression' on others is real to him.
Thank you for your letter. May I post it? It is very helpful to let others know that they are not alone in how they feel.
"OMG!! Thank you soooo much for getting back to me this quickly. It feels sooo good to know that there are people out there who UNDERSTAND and who care. YES you may post my letter, if it helps ANYONE my insides will be filled with emense joy!
Dear Tigress,
I'm a 46 year old pile of discarded tears. Old, unwanted. unworthy.
I took a ten year break after my ten year marriage to devote to raising my daughter and healing from the pain inflicted by an alcoholic husband so as not to bring any baggage to a new relationship.
I finally opened up in November of 2008 and went on Eharmony and found the "man of my dreams" and we met and dated for just short of a year.
I was dumped on 11/17/09 by my boyfriend (who lives with his parents when not out to sea every other six weeks). He lived 2 hours away from me and I visited almost every weekend when he was home, which wasn't really too much for six months. I was never introduced to any friends, but always given great stories about them and how we would go visit them all someday.
The first 8 mos of the relationship was a dream, then he lost his job and re-took up a crack habit which he says was only temporary. He found a local job, but his mood swings were out of control. At the time I thought it was the drugs. I made the mistake of having a conversation with his mother for guidance which she used in November to prove to him I went behind his back, except she told him it was in a backstabbing way, not in a guidance way to help the man you love. Who do you think he believed? His mother had some sort of mental condition and once she decided she hated me, I was out within a 3 week span. He seemed like he was getting his life back on track and got clean in October, but then his mom became a problem, I think that is when she started in on the stories about me, which drove him to escape again. I think he backed me up for a short while, then it became easier to just let me go so he wouldnt have to keep dealing with her. So much for love and fierce loyalty that I was promised.
When I described all this to a girlfriend of mine, she told me he was a "narcissist". When I recently saw something that directed me to your website at Lifted Hearts, I did not know what a narcissist was. When I read all your informative articles on there, the ones that seemed to describe him to a "T" with all his grandiose talk and adulation of me in the beginning, and then the verbal abuse and rages I endured (most times instigated by his mother toward me), losing all sense of myself, walking on eggshells, and taking the blame and apologizing for things I had no idea I was apologizing for, it helped me understand how he was able to dump me cold and never speak to me again. It hasn't helped me get over him, but it has helped me try to begin to understand that it was not necessarily all my fault. Even though he blamed me.
Unfortunately, I did the phone calls begging, and crying , and texts and emails, really in an attempt to just get him to explain to me why, because he completely ostracized me. But no, he doesn't miss me, and certainly now that I've been dubbed a psycho and a stalker (I went up there ONCE) he certainly won't ever take me back. It was not really to take me back, I was just trying go get an answer. After a year of daily talking and texting, the silence has been deafening. I keep waiting for someone to extract the feeling of a knife in my chest, and the constant huge lump in my throat, and pain in the pit of my stomach, as I can barely breathe. On Dec 3 he called on the request of my daughter and said we could be on a break and work on things in a while, but then he blocked my number 1 week later (after a drunk night of crying messages left on his voice mail!! nicely done on my part huh?) On Dec 23 I left a very nice voicemail wishing him and his family a merry christmas, even tho I would really like to shove a car up his mother's butt for the constant maligning me behind my back, and he called me back to tell me to "move on and stop all this." Last week he sent a picture to my phone of him and another girl......i'm guessing to "help" me with my letting go, when all it did was rip me to shreds all over again. He's 50 - never married.
Long story short, its been eight weeks of hell and daily crying walking around like a zombie. I'm guessing your "Reverse your Break Up - 15 Ways to Win your Ex Back" does not apply if you were dumped by a Narcissist. I know I shouldn't want him back, but I do, and I feel pathetic for saying it . I know he's been sadistically cold and horrible. I just want the guy back that swept me off my feet for 8 months that I had never experienced before. He could certainly talk the talk. We were supposed to elope at Christmas, and our 1st meeting anniversary is next weekend. I know. I know. I'm wallowing. I keep trying to educate myself on your site. Thanks for having it all up there.
Hello, Dame1888. Oh my, typical narcissist!!!! The ostracizing, the complete 'about-face' in caring for you (they can go from loving you to hating you in a split second). You can read some articles on narcissistic men here at the site ...
Please know that when you said "I just want the guy back that swept me off my feet..." that you may not be aware of the fact that the man you remember (the one who swept you off your feet) was never real. What you experienced was the narcissist's fake personality - the fake personality that the 'new woman' is most likely seeing now. You were in love with a persona - a semblance - of a person; he, himself, was never real. It isn't him that you want back, because 'he' is a jerk. It was the man he 'pretended' to be that you love and miss, and want back; a man that really NEVER existed.
May I please post your email on the site so that others may read it and not feel so alone? It would be very much appreciated.
Best wishes, and please try to stop thinking about him. He truly wasn't 'real', but merely an 'act' that the narcissist put on in order to gain your admiration and feed their hungry 'ego'.
Dear Tigress,
I didn't expect such a quick response. Wow. You're good!! Sure, I guess you can post it. I used to be such a toughie, could handle anything thrown my way. I just feel like such a fool and showing everyone else that I am too won't make me feel much better. If I didn't have a job to make me get out of bed every morning, and a daughter to try to avoid letting me fall apart 24/7, I don't think I would even be online looking for help.
And you're right, the ostracizing is the worst pain and punishment anyone can try to endure. I've never felt this kind of pain. Not even after my divorce and several relationships before that. This is just heartwrenching. Total denial of my existence. I just can't get past the crying stage. And I see how I fit right into his scheme; my father has always been controlling and a child abuser, my mother was submissive and went to her grave early because of it, my older brother was an abuser, my ex husband was an alcoholic which I endured for years. I am a woman that loves to much, or so I found out when another friend referred me to this site to avoid the lonliness and fear of being left alone and have no worthiness of love, due to the outcomes of all relationships with men. So of course, I thought I could put up with any way he treated me, cuz I've been there done that. What a waste of a year. I did everything for him. He was the reason for my happiness, which I know is also apparently unhealthy! Jeez.
So why don't you start a dating site from all the rejected good people on your site that really just want to be in a loving committed relationship with open honest communication.
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Homo rhodesiensis "Broken Hill Cranium": dated to either 130,000 years ago (using amino acid racemization determination) or 800,000 to 600,000 years ago (within the same time as Homo erectus), depending on which dating method is used.
A number of varieties of Homo are grouped into the broad category of archaic humans, contrasted with modern humans (Homo sapiens), in the period beginning 500,000 years ago. This category typically includes Homo heidelbergensis, Homo rhodesiensis, Homo neanderthalensis, and may also include Homo antecessor.[1]
Modern humans are theorized to have evolved from archaic humans, who in turn evolved from Homo erectus. Varieties of archaic humans are sometimes included under the binomial name "Homo sapiens" because their brain size is very similar to that of modern humans. Archaic humans had a brain size averaging 1200 to 1400 cubic centimeters, which overlaps with the range of modern humans. Archaics are distinguished from anatomically modern humans by having a thick skull, prominent brow ridges and the lack of a prominent chin.[1][2]
Anatomically modern humans appear from about 200,000 years ago and after 70,000 years ago (see Toba catastrophe theory) gradually marginalize the "archaic" varieties. Non-modern varieties of Homo are certain to have survived until after 30,000 years ago, and perhaps until as recent as 10,000 years ago. Which of these, if any, are included under the term "archaic human" is a matter of definition and varies among authors. Nonetheless, according to recent genetic studies, modern humans may have bred with "at least two groups" of ancient humans: Neanderthals and Denisovans.[3] Other studies have cast doubt on admixture being the source of the shared genetic markers between archaic and modern humans, pointing to an ancestral origin of the traits originating 500,000 to 800,000 years ago.[4][5][6]
New evidence suggests another group may also have been extant as recently as 11,500 years ago, the Red Deer Cave people of China.[7] However, Chris Stringer of the Natural History Museum in London has suggested that these people could be a result of mating between Denisovans and modern humans.[8] Other scientists remain even more skeptical, suggesting that the unique features are within the variations expected for human populations.[9]
Terminology and definition[edit]
Anatomical comparison of the skulls of anatomically modern humans "wise men" (left) and Homo neanderthalensis (right)
The category archaic human lacks a single, agreed upon definition.[1] According to one definition, Homo sapiens is a single species comprising several subspecies that include the archaics and modern humans. Under this definition, modern humans are referred to as Homo sapiens sapiens and archaics are also designated with the prefix "Homo sapiens". For example, the Neanderthals are Homo sapiens neanderthalensis, and Homo heidelbergensis is Homo sapiens heidelbergensis. Other taxonomists prefer not to consider archaics and modern humans as a single species but as several different species. In this case the standard taxonomy is used, i.e. Homo rhodesiensis, or Homo neanderthalensis.[1]
Brain size expansion[edit]
The emergence of archaic humans is sometimes used as an example of punctuated equilibrium.[10] This occurs when a species undergoes significant biological evolution within a relatively short period. Subsequently, the species undergoes very little change for long periods until the next punctuation. The brain size of archaic humans expanded significantly from 900 cubic centimeters in erectus to 1300 cubic centimeters. Since the peak of human brain size during the archaics, it has begun to decline.[11]
Origin of language[edit]
Robin Dunbar has argued that archaic humans were the first to use language. Based on his analysis of the relationship between brain size and hominid group size, he concluded that because archaic humans had large brains, they must have lived in groups of over 120 individuals. Dunbar argues that it was not possible for Hominids to live in such large groups without using language, otherwise there could be no group cohesion and the group would disintegrate. By comparison, chimpanzees live in smaller groups of up to 50 individuals.[12][13]
See also[edit]
1. ^ a b c d Dawkins (2005). "Archaic homo sapiens". The Ancestor's Tale. Boston: Mariner. ISBN 0-618-61916-X.
2. ^ Companion encyclopedia of archaeology
4. ^ [1]
5. ^
6. ^ [2]
7. ^ Amos, Jonathan (March 14, 2012). "Human fossils hint at new species". BBC. Retrieved March 14, 2012.
8. ^ Barras, Colin (2012-03-14). "Chinese human fossils unlike any known species". New Scientist. Retrieved 2012-03-15.
9. ^ Cite error: The named reference NG was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
10. ^ Alone in the Universe
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13. ^ Dunbar (1993). Grooming, Gossip, and the Evolution of Language. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-36336-6.
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Do we really have to take this?
A friend of mine was moving from her apartment. She asked me to look after some of her things. I agreed and not too long after she asked if her daughter Frances can come pick it up. I agreed and she came over with her boyfriend, who was also the father of her baby. I helped them carry the stuff down to the car, and during the whole visit exchanged possibly 10 words.
Next day I received these texts. I had to created a fiancee I didn’t really have in order for him to stop.
I never told my friend what her daughter’s boyfriend did. Now they are expecting a second child, so as you all see, there was no break up.
So Do we women really have to take this kind of attitude?
Do we have to invent things and people in order to be left alone.
I don’t want to have my titties banged.
I am not an easy lay.
I don’t deserve this.
Why do I go from being called “cute” “smart” and “pretty” in the beginning of the conversation, to “fatty” “bitch” and “ugly” in the end?
Reblog if you are against sexual harassment.
how do people like this actually exist what the fuck
The only thing that made him back off was the idea that you already had another man in your life.
The only thing that made him back off was the idea that you already had another man that owned you.
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A guy at a princess store in Disneyland was asking me if I related to Merida in any way and I was like
“I don’t know man. I’m more of an Elinor.”
And he busted out laughing.
What I love most about this movie is that shows that being a princess is not wearing a beautiful dress, marrying a prince and live happily ever after, but a job, a hard job with duties and responsibilities were a lot of people depend on you
(one problem with perception of medieval gender roles is that most of the people who were writing, especially those who were writing HISTORY, were CLERGYMEN who had never been married and lived in a weird situation cut off from the way the rest of the world worked and had like no actual life experience with the real world - and then popular culture’s idea of it has been heavily informed by VICTORIAN choices of who and what to translate and popularize)
upper class medieval women were expected to run and manage the entire estate that they got from their husband (or that they already had in their own right through inheritance or as their marriage portion), a job which was acknowledged as being way difficult and requiring a wife with strength and fortitude and business sense if you wanted to be a successful person
they were the HR managers of households that might have over a hundred people in, and tho a duchess or a queen would certainly not go to the store to do the household shopping, and she probably had a steward to assist her, it was ultimately her responsibility to know what things were needed for that household, to make sure that the appropriate people obtained those things, to oversee the use of the household materials, to make sure that EVERYTHING got done so that ALL those people could live and work smoothly. they wrote letters and managed the business of the estate and networked with other members of the nobility for both important game-of-thrones political reasons and for smaller more personal reasons like ‘that guy has a really nice deer chase, so if i send him some marmalade from our garden, he might send some venison back as a return gift”
even in lower class households mom managed everything and women were basically considered to be shrewder and have better heads for that particularly kind of business than men and choosing a wise wife was the best thing you could do for yourself as a man who intended to be successful
they were like hands-on CEOs and shit yo and don’t get me wrong society was sexist as fuck and they were limited as hell in what they could do and everything was classist beyond belief but no way was being a noblewoman just a matter of sitting up a tower looking pretty & the contributions that they made are so important
also, the ladies of castles were responsible for defense when their husband was away at war (which happened a lot), so while personally participating in battle was unusual (though not entirely unheard-of) they did often find themselves in strategic command. and in wartime they frequently functioned as a sort of de facto logistics officer.
oh, and has anyone mentioned diplomacy. because an arranged marriage is only the START of a princess’s diplomatic career. the alliance she forges with her marriage is one she’s responsible for maintaining her entire life. unless she decides to go ahead and take over the country; that’s been an option too from time to time. :D
suddenly i really want to see a disney movie about a princess AFTER the wedding — forging a political bond with her new husband, defending the castle, sending troops and supplies to make sure he comes home from the war, reading secret reports from her spies in the enemy’s court… *swoon*
And I’ve tried to touch on this with Merida, because ALL OF THIS? THIS is why Merida has absolutely ZERO desire to get married or (eventually) become Queen. Because it means her life - every second of her free time - going down the drain as she becomes more and more tangled up in running the castle AND the kingdom.
(This is also why Elinor’s such a freaking BAMF, she’s got this shit down, man.)
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Does the game really reset after an hour and a half?
If it doesn't reset but does something cool instead, please leave that in a spoiler tag - I just want to know whether or not I'm going to lose my save and have to start over...
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No, you won't have to start over. When the time is up, you can continue as if nothing happened. Completing the game in under 90 minutes is an optional bonus challenge you can take once you completed the game at a leisure pace.
Unless, of course, you think you are REALLY smart.
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Completing as in getting to the end, if you just know the route, is easily possible in under 15 minutes : D - There is no in-game speedrunning challenge though, right? You don't get anything for it or see anything different? – Zaz Feb 3 '13 at 12:19
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For completeness, here is the only thing that happens when time runs out:
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Time's up!
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Sermon LXXXI.
[CXXXI. Ben.]
On the words of the Gospel, John vi. 53, “Except ye eat the flesh,” etc., and on the words of the apostles. And the Psalms. Against the Pelagians.
of the Calends of October,—23 Sept., on the Lord’s day.
1. We have heard the True Master, the Divine Redeemer, the human Saviour, commending to us our Ransom, His Blood. For He spake to us of His Body and Blood; He called His Body Meat, His Blood Drink. The faithful recognise the Sacrament of the faithful. But the hearers what else do they but hear? When therefore commending such Meat and such Drink He said, “Except ye shall eat My Flesh and drink My Blood, ye shall have no life in you;” 39073907 John vi. 53. (and this that He said concerning life, who else said it but the Life Itself? But that man shall have death, not life, who shall think that the Life is false), His disciples were offended, not all of them indeed, but very many, saying within themselves, “This is an hard saying, who can hear it?”39083908 John vi. 60. But when the Lord knew this in Himself, and heard the murmurings of their thought, He answered them, thinking though uttering nothing, that they might understand that they were heard, and might cease to entertain such thoughts. What then did He answer? “Doth this offend you?” “What then if ye shall see the Son of Man ascend up where He was before?”39093909 John vi. 61, 62. What meaneth this? “Doth this offend you?” “Do ye imagine that I am about to make divisions of this My Body which ye see; and to cut up My Members, and give them to you? ‘What then if ye shall see the Son of Man ascend up where He was before?’” Assuredly, He who could ascend Whole could not be consumed. So then He both gave us of His Body and Blood a healthful refreshment, and briefly solved so great a question as to His Own Entireness. Let them then who eat, eat on, and them that drink, drink; let them hunger and thirst; eat Life, drink Life. That eating, is to be refreshed; but thou art in such wise refreshed, as that that whereby thou art refreshed, faileth not. That drinking, what is it but to live? Eat Life, drink Life; thou shalt have life, and the Life is Entire. But then this shall be, that is, the Body and the Blood of Christ shall be each man’s Life; if what is taken in the Sacrament visibly is in the truth itself eaten spiritually, drunk spiritually. For we have heard the Lord Himself saying, “It is the Spirit That quickeneth, but the flesh profiteth nothing. The words that I have spoken unto you, are Spirit and Life. But there are some of you,” saith He, “that believe not.”39103910 John vi. 63, 64. Such were they who said, “This is a hard saying, who can hear it?” It is hard, but only to the hard; that is, it is incredible, but only to the incredulous.
2. But in order to teach us that this very believing is matter of gift, not of desert, He saith, “As I have said unto you, no man cometh unto Me, except it were given him of My Father.”39113911 John vi. 65. Now as to where the Lord said this, if we call to mind the foregoing words of the Gospel, we shall find that He had said, “No man cometh unto Me, except the Father which hath sent Me draw him.”39123912 John vi. 44. He did not lead, but draw. This violence is done to the heart, not the body. Why then dost thou marvel? Believe, and thou comest; love, and thou art drawn. Do not suppose here any rough and uneasy violence; it is gentle, it is sweet; it is the very sweetness that draweth thee. Is not a sheep drawn, when fresh grass is shown to it in its hunger? Yet I imagine that it is not bodily driven on, but fast bound by desire. In such wise do thou come too to Christ; do not conceive of long journeyings; where thou believest, there thou comest. For unto Him, who is everywhere we come by love, not by sailing. But forasmuch as even in this kind of voyage, waves and tempests of divers temptations abound; believe on the Crucified; that thy faith may be able to ascend the Wood. Thou shalt not sink, but shalt be borne upon the Wood. Thus, even thus, amid the waves of this world did he sail, who said, “But God forbid that I should glory, save in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.” 39133913 Gal. vi. 14.
3. But wonderful it is, that when Christ Crucified is preached, two hear, one despiseth, the other ascendeth. Let him that despiseth, impute it to himself; let not him that ascendeth, arrogate it to himself. For he hath heard from the True Master; “No man cometh unto Me, except it were given unto him of My Father.” Let him joy, that it hath been given; let him render thanks to Him who giveth it, with a humble, not an arrogant heart; lest what he hath attained39143914 Meruit. through humility, he lose through pride. For even they who are already walking in this way of righteousness, if they attribute it to themselves, and to their own strength, perish out of it. And therefore Holy Scripture teaching us humility saith by the Apostle, “Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.”39153915 Phil. ii. 12. And lest hereupon they should attribute ought to themselves, because he said, “Work,” he subjoined immediately, “For it is God who worketh in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure.”39163916 Phil. ii. 13. “It is God who worketh in you;” therefore “with fear and trembling,” make a valley, receive the rain. Low grounds are filled, high grounds are dried up. Grace is rain. Why dost thou marvel then, if “God resist the proud, and giveth grace unto the lowly”?39173917 Jas. iv. 6. Therefore, “with fear and trembling;” that is, with humility. “Be not high-minded, but fear.”39183918 Rom. xi. 20. Fear that thou mayest be filled; be not high-minded, lest thou be dried up.
4. But you will say, “I am walking in this way already; once there was need for me to learn, there was need for me to know by the teaching of the law what I had to do: now I have the free choice of the will; who shall withdraw me from this way?” If thou read carefully, thou wilt find that a certain man began to uplift himself, on a certain abundance of his, which he had nevertheless received; but that the Lord in mercy, to teach him humility, took away what He had given; and he was on a sudden reduced to poverty, and confessing the mercy of God in his recollection, he said, “In my abundance I said, I shall never be moved.”39193919 Ps. xxix. 6, Sept. (xxx. English version). “In my abundance I said.” But I said it, I who am a man said it; “All men are liars, I said.”39203920 Ps. cxvi. 11. Therefore, “in my abundance I said;” so great was the abundance, that I dared to say, “I shall never be moved.” What next? “O Lord, in Thy favour Thou gavest strength to my beauty.” But “Thou turnedst away Thy Face from me, and I was troubled.”39213921 Ps. xxix. 8, Sept. (xxx. 7, English version). “Thou hast shown me,” saith he, “that that wherein I did abound, was of Thee. Thou hast shown me Whence I should seek, to Whom attribute what I had received, to Whom I ought to render thanks, to Whom I should run in my thirst, Whereby be filled, and with Whom keep that whereby I should be filled. ‘For my strength will I keep to Thee;’39223922 Ps. lviii. 10, Sept. (lix. 9, English version). whereby I am by Thy bounty filled, through Thy safe keeping I will not lose. ‘My strength will I keep to Thee.’ That Thou mightest show me this, ‘Thou turnedst away Thy Face from me, and I was troubled.’ ‘Troubled,’ because dried up; dried up, because exalted. Say then thou dry and parched one, that thou mayest be filled again; ‘My soul is as earth without water unto Thee.’39233923 Ps. cxlii. 6, Sept. (cxliii. English version). Say, ‘My soul is as earth without water unto Thee.’ For Thou hast said, not the Lord, ‘I shall never be moved.’ Thou hast said it, presuming on thine own strength; but it was not of thyself, and thou didst think as if it were.”
5. What then doth the Lord say? “Serve ye the Lord in fear, and rejoice unto Him with trembling.”39243924 Ps. ii. 11, Sept. So the Apostle too, “Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. For it is God who worketh in you.” Therefore rejoice with trembling: “Lest at any time the Lord be angry.” I see that you anticipate me by your crying out. For you know what I am about to say, you anticipate it by crying out. And whence have ye this, but that He taught you to whom ye have by believing come? This then He saith; hear what ye know already; I am not teaching, but in preaching am calling to your remembrance; nay, I am neither teaching, seeing that ye know already, nor calling to remembrance, seeing that ye remember, but let us say all together what together with us ye retain. “Embrace discipline, and rejoice,” but, “with trembling,”39253925 Ps. ii. 12, Sept. that, humble ye may ever hold fast that which ye have received. “Lest at any time the Lord be angry;” with the proud of course, attributing to themselves what they have, not rendering thanks to Him, from whom they have. “Lest at any time the Lord be angry, and ye perish from the righteous way.” Did he say, Lest at any time the Lord be angry, and ye come not into the righteous way”? Did he say, “Lest the Lord be angry, and He bring you not to the righteous way”? or “admit you not into the righteous way? Ye are walking in it already, be not proud, lest ye even perish from it. ‘And ye perish,’ saith he, ‘from the righteous way.’” “When His wrath shall be kindled in a short time”39263926 Ps. ii. 13, Sept. against you. At no distant time. As soon as thou art proud, thou losest at once what thou hadst received. As though man terrified by all this were to say, “What shall I do then?” It follows, “Blessed are all they that trust in Him:” not in themselves, but in Him. “By grace are we saved, not of ourselves, but it is the gift of God.”39273927 Eph. ii. 8.
6. Peradventure ye are saying, “What does he mean, that he is so often saying this? A second and a third time he says it; and scarcely ever speaks, but when he says it.” Would that I may not say it in vain! For men there are unthankful to grace, attributing much to poor and disabled nature. True it is, when man was created he received great power of free-will; but he lost it by sin. He fell into death, became infirm, was left in the way by the robbers half dead; the Samaritan, which is by interpretation keeper, passing by lifted him up on his own beast;39283928 Luke x. 30, etc. he is still being brought to the inn. Why is he lifted up? He is still in process of curing. “But,” he will say, “it is enough for me that in baptism I received remission of all sins.” Because iniquity was blotted out, was therefore infirmity brought to an end? “I received,” says he, “remission of all sins.” It is quite true. All sins were blotted out in the Sacrament of Baptism, all entirely, of words, deeds, thoughts, all were blotted out. But this is the “oil and wine” which was poured in by the way. Ye remember, beloved Brethren, that man who was wounded by the robbers, and half dead by the way, how he was strengthened, by receiving oil and wine for his wounds. His error indeed was already pardoned, and yet his weakness is in process of healing in the inn. The inn, if ye recognise it, is the Church. In the time present, an inn, because in life we are passing by: it will be a home, whence we shall never remove, when we shall have got in perfect health unto the kingdom of heaven. Meanwhile receive we gladly our treatment in the inn, and weak as we still are, glory we not of sound health: lest through our pride we gain nothing else, but never for all our treatment to be cured.
7. “Bless the Lord, O my soul.”39293929 Ps. ciii. 1. Say, yea say to thy soul, “Thou art still in this life, still bearest about a frail flesh, still “doth the corruptible body press down the soul;”39303930 Wisd. ix. 15. still after the entireness of remission hast thou received the remedy of prayer; for still, whilst thy weaknesses are being healed, dost thou say, “Forgive us our debts.”39313931 Matt. vi. 12. Say then to thy soul, thou lowly valley, not an exalted hill; say to thy soul, “Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits.”39323932 Ps. ciii. 2. What benefits? Tell them, enumerate them, render thanks. What benefits? “Who forgiveth all thine iniquities.”39333933 Ps. ciii. 3. This took place in baptism. What takes place now? “Who healeth all thy weaknesses.” This takes place now; I acknowledge. But as long as I am here, “the corruptible body presseth down the soul.” Say then also that which comes next, “Who redeemeth thy life from corruption.”39343934 Ps. ciii. 4. After redemption from corruption, what remaineth? “When this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. Where, O death, is thy contention?” There rightly, “O death, where is thy sting?”39353935 1 Cor. xv. 54, 55. Thou seekest its place, and findest it not. What is “the sting of death”? What is, “O death, where is thy sting?” Where is sin? Thou seekest, and it is nowhere. For “the sting of death is sin.” They are the Apostle’s words, not mine. Then shall it be said, “O death, where is thy sting?” Sin shall nowhere be, neither to surprise thee, nor to assault thee, nor to inflame39363936 Titillet. thy conscience. Then it shall not be said, “Forgive us our debts.” But what shall be said? “O Lord our God, give us peace: for Thou hast rendered all things unto us.”39373937 Isa. xxvi. 12, Sept.
8. Finally, after the redemption from all corruption, what remaineth but the crown of righteousness? This at least remaineth, but even in it, or under it, let not the head be swollen that it may receive the crown. Hear, mark well the Psalm, how that crown will not have a swollen head. After he had said, “Who redeemeth thy life from corruption;” he saith, “Who crowneth thee.” Here thou wert ready at once to say, “‘Crowneth thee,’ is an acknowledgment of my merits, my own excellence hath done it; it is the payment of a debt, not a gift.” Give ear rather to the Psalm. For it is thou again that sayest this; and “all men are liars.”39383938 Ps. cxvi. 11. Hear what God saith; “Who crowneth thee with mercy and pity.” Of His mercy He crowneth thee, of His pity He crowneth thee. For thou hadst no worthiness that He should call thee, and being called should justify thee, being justified glorify thee. “The remnant is saved by the election of grace. But if by grace, then is it no more of works; otherwise grace is no more grace. For to him that worketh, the reward shall not be reckoned according to grace, but according to debt.” 39393939 Rom. xi. 5, 6, iv. 4. The Apostle saith, “Not according to grace, but according to debt.” But “thee He crowneth with pity and mercy;” and if thy own merits have gone before, God saith to thee, “Examine well thy merits, and thou shalt see that they are My gifts.”
9. This then is the righteousness of God. As it is called, “The Lord’s salvation,”39403940 Ps. iii. 9, Sept. (iii. 8, English version). not whereby the Lord is saved, but which He giveth to them whom He saveth; so too the grace of God through Jesus Christ our Lord is called the righteousness of God, not as that whereby the Lord is righteous, but whereby He justifieth those whom of ungodly He maketh righteous. But some, as the Jews in former times, both wish to be called Christians, and still ignorant of God’s righteousness, desire to establish their own, even in our own times, in the times of open grace, the times of the full revelation of grace which before was hidden; in the times of grace now manifested in the floor, which once lay hid in the fleece. I see that a few have understood me, that more have not understood, whom I will by no means defraud by keeping silence. Gideon, one of the righteous men of old, asked for a sign from the Lord, and said, “I pray, Lord, that this fleece which I put in the floor be bedewed,39413941 Compluatur. and that the floor be dry.”39423942 Judg. vi. 37. And it was so; the fleece was bedewed, the whole floor was dry. In the morning he wrung out the fleece in a basin; forasmuch as to the humble is grace given; and in a basin, ye know what the Lord did to His disciples. Again, he asked for another sign; “O Lord, I would,” saith he, “that the fleece be dry, the floor bedewed.” And it was so. Call to mind the time of the Old Testament, grace was hidden in a cloud, as the rain in the fleece. Mark now the time of the New Testament, consider well the nation of the Jews, thou wilt find it as a dry fleece; whereas the whole world, like that floor, is full of grace, not hidden, but manifested. Wherefore we are forced exceedingly to bewail our brethren, who strive not against hidden, but against open and manifested grace. There is allowance for the Jews. What shall we say of Christians? Wherefore are ye enemies to the grace of Christ? Why rely ye on yourselves? Why unthankful? For why did Christ come? Was not nature here before? Was not nature here, which ye only deceive by your excessive praise? Was not the Law here? But the Apostle says, “If righteousness come by the Law, then Christ is dead in vain.”39433943 Gal. ii. 21. What the Apostle says of the Law, that say we of nature to these men. “If righteousness come by nature, then Christ is dead in vain.”
10. What then was said of the Jews, the same altogether do we see in these men now. “They have a zeal of God: I hear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.”39443944 Rom. x. 2. What is, “not according to knowledge”? “For being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and wishing to establish their own, they have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.”39453945 Rom. x. 3. My Brethren, share with me in my sorrow. When ye find such as these, do not hide them; be there no such misdirected39463946 Perversa. mercy in you; by all means, when ye find such, hide them not. Convince the gainsayers, and those who resist, bring to us. For already have two39473947 Of Carthage and Milevis which are among the Epistles of St. Augustin, 175, 176. And the rescripts of the Roman Pontiff, Innocent (A.D. 417), in the Epistles 181, 182. Ben. ed. note. councils on this question been sent to the Apostolic see; and rescripts also have come from thence. The question has been brought to an issue; would that their error may sometime be brought to an issue too! Therefore do we advise that they may take heed, we teach that they may be instructed, we pray that they may be changed. Let us turn to the Lord, etc.
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What does talking to your Pokemon mean in platinum?
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On Pokemon platinum, in Amity square, I always bring my Torterra with me and when I talk to it, she keeps pretending to trip and sometimes is holding somthing. (wait, what? Torterra has hands?)
what does this mean
asked Aug 23, 2013 by Pokegeek1000
edited Nov 8, 2013 by Pokegeek1000
I was going to answer this but I can't even remember what Librity Square is.
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Amity Square is a park in Sinnoh where Trainers can walk around with
their Pokémon and talk to them to check their moods. It is located
north of Hearthome City.
Checking their moods is the main purpose of talking to them. The items your Pokemon can hold are Fashion Props that can be used in the Pokemon Contest. Not all Pokemon have hands but that doesnt mean that they cant pick up stuff with their mouths like how dogs do it
answered Aug 23, 2013 by Aeternis
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In DPPt, Pokemon in Amity Square can pick up things as they walk with you, and the items are mainly accessories or berries. When it says something like "Oh? (Pokemon) is holding something", that means your Pokemon has picked up something and you can take it from them.
Sometimes it'll say that your Pokemon likes you (indication of its happiness), sometimes it'll it tripped, which is just a random filler reaction.
answered Aug 23, 2013 by fondant
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The purpose of being able to talk to your Pokemon in DPPt in the Amity Square is for the novelty, but it also provides the function of being able to retrieve items used for contests.
Every 200 steps you take, your Pokemon will find something new.
Here is a more detailed list of the items you can find in Amity Square.
answered Aug 23, 2013 by Pink Minccino
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Last week, I introduced you to Wakefield Pork, Inc, in Gaylord, Minnesota and shared my experience of a recent visit there, including seeing piglets born! Today, I'll share more of my visit, so please read on.
The next stop on our tour of Wakefield Pork, Inc. was the gestation barn where the sows get impregnated. It's a massive temperature controlled barn of sows housed in individual gestation stalls. I asked our hosts why they used individual stalls. Manager, Todd Marotz responded, ” 'We always ask, what's the right thing for the animal?' And in this case, it's better for them to be housed individually than in groups.” He added, “These sows can fight, sometimes to the death, so it's safer for both the animals and the workers.” In fact, several of the employees that day shared similar stories about how when sows are given the choice to go in individual stalls or group pens, they almost always choose the stalls.
Sows in the gestation barn. (Photo, J Jorgensen)
Individual stalls also mean there is no competition for food, so animals stay safe. Workers benefit because they can more easily monitor the sows' health. Indeed, each sow is checked multiple times throughout the day, and employees chart all relevant information about the sow's health, care, and feeding schedule.
The impregnation process isn't what I was expecting: There is no physical contact between the sow and boar. Don't get me wrong. I wasn't expecting candles and slow music, but I also wasn't expecting what actually happens. (We didn't see it; it was described to us.) Four boars walk up and down the barn in front of 2500 sows to get them in heat by releasing pheromones. Then, an employee stops the boar in a front of a sow and impregnates her with the boar's semen. Once finished, they move the boar to the next sow, repeat the process, and so on. The gestation period lasts 114 days, or 3 months, 3 weeks, and 2 days. Marotz also added that at Wakefield Pork, Inc, “no sow is ever bred without being in heat.”
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Tennessee Pension Losses Mean More Taxpayer Contributions to System
Adam Summers
April 4, 2009, 12:47am
State and local government pension plans across the country are struggling, particularly since the dive in the stock market that accompanied the economic downturn, and Tennessee is no exception. The state's pension funds lost $10 billion last year. This means that the state (and, ultimately, taxpayers) will have to contribute more money to the pension system to make up for pension fund losses. Governor Phil Bredesen is proposing that the state contribute an additional $150 million to the Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System next year. County governments and school boards that participate in the state's retirement plan will similarly have to kick in more money.
The strength of public-sector labor unions and laws that prevent reductions to government employee pension benefits put public-sector workers in a unique position. While workers in the private sector are seeing their salries and retirement benefits eroded during the recession, the salaries and benefits of government workers are being maintained and even increased. This has led to justifiable consternation among taxpayers in the private sector.
As I told reporter Dave Flessner of the Chattanooga Times Free Press earlier this week, "Private sector taxpayers are tired of being responsible for more and more of their own retirement plans and also having to pony up more for government employees so those government employees can live better in retirement than they do." (An extended audio clip from our interview is available at the above link.)
Some claim that public pensions need to be greater than private-sector retirement benefits because government workers earn smaller salaries than their private-sector counterparts. According to Gov. Bredesen, "One of the tradeoffs in government at all levels is you get less cash money and you probably get better benefits." But while this argument might have flown a generation or two ago, it is clearly not true today. Now government employees typically earn higher salaries and much higher benefits than private-sector workers.
As Gov. Bredesen notes, "Government is attractive to people who want defined benefit plans and it is one of the few places in America left where you can still get those benefits." But that is precisely the point: private-sector businesses realized long ago that generous defined-benefit pensions are too expensive, contributions to them are too unpredictable, and they are ultimately unsustainable. That is why the private sector has been moving away from defined-benefit plans for the past 30 years or so.
Unlike private businesses, governments do not have to satisfy customers' desires or make a profit to continue to operate. If their costs (pension or otherwise) are too high, they can always go to the taxpayers well and command more of the public's hard-earned money. A tipping point seems to be coming, though. Taxpayer anger is approaching a point where they will finally say no to excessive government employee compensation. Especially during these difficult economic times, governments should cut back, as the private sector has been forced to do, and return to fiscal responsibility by adopting 401(k)-style defined-contribution plans in line with compensation in the private sector for new employees.
Adam Summers is Senior Policy Analyst
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Here’s what I want to know
Here’s the Dow over the past year:
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What I want to know: Is the recent surge above 14000 due to the prospect that the cuts to the social insurance programs was a fait accompli? Or is it just because the financiers have free and unfettered access to the treasury in the form of trillions of dollars of our money?
What would happen if the sequester continues for a period of time but the social insurance cuts, specifically to Social Security, are off the table? Will The Market sink like a stone? I want to know who is really in charge here.
So, let the sequester happen and let’s not rush to negotiate an end to it.
Let’s see what happens.
So, all we need to do is add “Leadership Council” to our soiree
I was reading Krugman today about how Starbucks did a Komen with the “Come Together” campaign to make customers pressure their Congress reps and senators to shred the social insurance programs when I decided to look up the infamous “Fix the Debt” website. It’s run by some shadowy group of rich people called the CEOs Fiscal Leadership Council.
Starbucks does a Komen
The CFLC is populated by the usual suspects of deadbeat corporate executives that we’ve seen in the past 4 years. The CEO’s of Citigroup, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase and AT&T are on the list. But so is T. Rowe Price, the 401K specialists. (There couldn’t be a conflict of interest there, could there? Nahhhh) According to the Huffington Post, the CFLC consists of some of the most notorious pension plan underfunders. Isn’t that sweet? They are leading us to give up the only means of surviving in old age after they raid their company pensions to pay those M&A bonuses. Now that’s Leadership.
Then I got to wondering, who commissioned this group? I mean, was there a Congressional decree? Did the President assemble this meetup of malefactors? Because, how else did they get the “Leadership Council” thing in the title? Who do they think they are leading? I don’t remember asking for leadership off the so-called “fiscal cliff”. I’m wracking my brains trying to figure out who appointed these guys, and they are almost all guys. Wait, let me check. There are 4 recognizably female names on a list of approximately 150 members. Good job, guys! Does that mean women can’t be leaders or that they resist being lead? Clarification is needed here.
And then I started to think, why don’t we left of center unpaid pundits (yes, I do flatter myself. If I don’t, no one else will) have a leadership council or many leadership councils?
For example, where is the Senior Research Investigators Leadership Council that will put pressure on Congress to stop listening to whiny pharma CEOs who keep telling our elected officials that they can’t find good help anymore?
How about a New Deal Democrats Leadership Council to tell Congress to stop listening to whiny rich CEOs that robbed us blind in the past four years?
Or a Dirty Fucking Hippy Leadership Council to tell Congress to get its shit together and do the right thing before we get our shit together and run against them? Just an idea.
Or a La-La-La I Can’t HEAR You Leadership Council that will help Americans kick the cable TV news and talk radio habit so they’ll stop being suckered in by self-interested CEOs whose messages clog the airwaves.
Add your Leadership Council titles and purposes in the comments section. I formally commission the best Leadership Council idea. No, no, don’t thank me. I take on this burden of Leadership for You.
Ok, here’s my theory about why the Masters of the Universe want to kill the social insurance programs
Remember what I said about Wall Street workers? Let me refresh your memory:
The finance class actually consists of a bunch of overqualified strip miners. They’re overworked, which might explain the number of bad decisions they make, and their compensation system decouples the consequences of their actions from the actions themselves. They are being paid to make “deals” and the purpose of those deals is to extract “wealth”. In a way, it’s not that much different from getting into the cab of some giant piece of earth moving equipment and mowing down the side of the mountain and then loading that potential ore onto a conveyor belt to be separated from dirt. They live in a “company” town and are paid “company scrip”. It’s a truck system for them as well. The compensation is not proportional to the amount of work they do, they can be fired at will and they’re never going to leave that mountain because they owe their souls to the company store. The more they work, the more compensation in bonuses they are promised but it’s never enough.
Once you think about this metaphor of Wall Street doing the work of strip miners, the present set of circumstances will start to make a lot of sense.
We know that Social Security does not add to the deficit. In fact, we have a trust fund worth almost $3 trillion dollars. Sure, that trust fund has taken a hit in the past four years because so many people are out of work and can’t pay their taxes but once people are working again, the kitty will start to grow again. And if all that is needed is a couple of tweaks to solve the minor shortfall, it’s really not as damaging to the economy or rich people’s ability to spend ungodly amounts of money on themselves as they pretend.
So, it’s not a deficit problem- at least not from the government’s side of things. Sure, Medicare does need to be fixed but that requires some spine stiffening on the part of the Democrats to crack down on providers. Did I tell you about my lab partner’s husband’s 4 hour hernia operation and recovery in the hospital? $70,000. No, that is not a mistake. There’s something truly out of whack when if comes to costs and payments to hospitals, doctors, insurance companies. It’s a real problem. And since the rest of the developed world has found reasonable solutions at much lower costs, it’s moronic for our elected officials to tell us that the costly ACA, with downstream repercussions they failed to study, is the best we can do. Please, do we look stupid to you?
Anyway, back to Wall Street. The Social Security trust fund is solid and fixable and millions of us late boomers paid into the surplus funds to cover our own retirements. What isn’t solid and fixable is the 401K system, which really is a Ponzi scheme. Pretty soon, a lot of aging baby boomers will be taking money out. That’s going to hurt someone’s bottom line. The bonuses and skimming going forward isn’t going to be nearly so lucrative as it was over the past two decades. After the Baby Boom came the Baby Bust in the late 60′s. Looks like The Pill really caught on in a big way.
In the past couple of decades, many companies ditched their pensions for the 401K. Let the kids pay for their own retirements. None of this deferred compensation crap. And life was good for the shareholders and the bankers. But once that money starts to get withdrawn, the salad days will be over. So, Wall Street must get more people into 401Ks or they won’t be able to continue strip mining. The problem is that most people are already in one if their employer offers it. The market is finite and pretty soon will plateau. At some point, the investment portfolios are also going to reach a steady state.
BUT, if you raise the retirement age and keep a lot of older people working, they will be forced to put their money back into the market. Well, they won’t be able to retire until they’re much older than their parents were at retirement. If they have any hope of ever taking time out to go travel or garden, they’re going to have to risk their money in the market, hope that it will pay off so they can get out of the job market before they’re dead and forget about social security.
My theory is that raising the retirement age forces more savings to stay in the market longer and that with a pool of people who can’t retire yet still working, the amount of money going into 401Ks and IRAs is going to go up. Stripville!
It makes sense from a timing perspective. There’s really no need to cut a deal with Republicans right now. The Democrats have enough seats to keep things pretty much unchanged. If the tax cuts expire, it’s going to look bad for Republicans to hold middle class tax cuts hostage in order to satisfy their rich friends. In fact, just about anything the Republicans stamp their feet and insist on is going to look bad for them.
But Obama still wants to cut a deal and make us all a lot poorer as a nation and as individuals. And he really doesn’t have to do this. So, why do it? I think it’s because the strip miners have told him that if he doesn’t, the market is going to start to drop and it will pick up speed and saving the banks is the most important thing ever!!! All serious people agree about this. If he doesn’t cut the social insurance programs in order to prop up the 401K system, it will be all his and the Democrats’ fault when the market finally starts to fall.
Yep, that would suck for seniors who are about to retire so if I were them, I’d start looking around for other places to put that money. But history has shown that Obama and his droogs at Treasury will bend over backwards to please bankers even if it means opening a revolving line of credit for the bankers to the taxpayer cash stream in perpetuity. (Read Neil Barofsky’s book for more horrific details).
It’s been my feeling that the 401K is behind a lot of what’s really messed up in our economy and for some reason, we never hear anyone of sufficient gravitas talking about it. But just imagine what would happen to the economy if we tried to phase it out even if most of us hate it with a white hot passion.
All hell would break loose.
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He recognizes that the current economic environment is bad.
He thinks we need to cut back on “entitlements”.
Here’s what he really meant:
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Web vs. email vulnerability
From: SANDER SMITH <ssmith3988 () rogers com>
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:01:37 -0400 (EDT)
I'm doing an assessment for a project, and I've come
up with an interesting question I'd like some feedback
on. Which is more vulneable to hacker attacks,
hijacking a website or hijacking incoming email?
What I mean by hijacking a website is a hacker
changing the DNS resolution for a domain so that all
traffic is routed to a site he controls instead of the
authentic site. Let's assume that everything goes over
HTTP and not HTTPS (where things get much tougher for
the hacker).
By hijacking email, I mean the hacker modifying things
so that all email coming to a specific email account
is routed to him instead.
In neither case does the hacker have any special
access, he's just a random hacker, he doesn't work for
an ISP or domain registrar.
So my question is: is either of these two cases more
vulnerable than the other? I contend that both cases
are equally vulnerable since they both rely on the
fidelity of DNS records. Someone who can play games
with the DNS records can easily launch either of these
attacks. Now having said that, my gut feeling is that
I'm wrong. I'm looking for other people's ideas to
either tell me I'm right, or explain why I'm wrong.
Thanks a lot for your help.
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According to Hip Hop Enquirer he has to pay her $5,000 a month for three months. That's no chump change. She didn't sign a prenup (big mistake, Porsha!), so who knows what will happen after that. For now though, it's something. And she really deserves something from him.
Typically I'm a bit on the fence when it comes to spousal support. If there are no children involved, and the other person is perfectly capable of supporting him or herself, then do they really deserve money from the other party? In this case, I'd say yes -- mostly because Kordell has been such a big ass throughout the whole thing.
First of all, poor Porsha found out about her divorce via Twitter. That's right, Kordell didn't even have the decency to talk about it with her. Then he changed the locks on the house they shared together. It wasn't healthy for her to be living there in light of their split anyway, but still it was a jerk move, and she needs somewhere to live. So I'd say he needs to pay up.
She may not need the money for long though, if her new reported romance with Ralo Wonder keeps moving head. The dude, who KpopStarz refers to as a "publishing guru, NASCAR team owner, reality show producer, TV, film and music mogul, is apparently loaded. If things get serious, she might really want to rethink her stance on those prenups though.
Do you think Kordell Stewart should have to pay spousal support?
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Running Around: A little perspective goes a long way this holiday season
About Joanne Barron
By Joanne Barron
Published: Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012, 9:00 p.m.
I was just complaining to my husband the other day about all my aches and pains, the two pounds I gained, how I spilled iced coffee onto my car seat, which then transferred to the seat of my dress pants, my cooking, my messed-up haircut, how my computer crashed and I lost five years worth of files and all the other annoying things that seem to continuously happen to me over the course of my days.
After he tried to console me, I realized that my little problems and mishaps are nothing compared to what others are going through.
Some people have lost their homes and possessions after Superstorm Sandy.
Some have lost their jobs and struggle to put food on the table. Some suffer from cancer and don't have much time left. I'm sure they would love to switch places with me.
It's all about that very old and overused expression, “Count your blessings.” I have a roof over my head. I have food to eat and clothes to wear. I have a wonderful husband and daughter. I have a job. I'm healthy.
That's a lot to be thankful for.
When I started to think of all those things, it made me want to share my blessings with others, especially now during the holiday season.
So, while my daughter and I were shopping, we picked up a toy that my husband will take to work and donate to Toys for Tots and some other items to help a family in need. And, like many others, my husband and I donated online to the American Red Cross to help Superstorm Sandy victims.
There also are other countless ways to help.
Pressley Ridge — an organization in the Pittsburgh area that focuses on keeping children and families together so that youths with challenging behaviors can remain in their homes, schools and communities — is collecting winter coats, hats and mittens for students.
Local churches also always have plenty of programs, collections and activities for those in need, and people also can select an ornament from a Union Aid Christmas tree placed at various locations throughout the Village to buy a gift card for a family in need.
Finding a way to help isn't hard, and it doesn't have to involve a lot of time or expense.
It could be just a small gesture but still a way for us to share our blessings so that a lot more people also will be able to count theirs.
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New Op-ed Illo for NYTimes
I have a piece in the New York Times Oped today. You can read the article here.
Big thanks to AD Aviva Michaelov and Alexandra Zsigmond for the cool layout design- I really like how they place the illo at the very top so it looks like the paint is dripping down the page.
The story is about how the writer thinks the enthusiastically responded $300 house project will do more harm to urban poor than good as it neglects the dynamic and diverse needs/interest of the people.
When I first learnt about the $300 house (replacing the slums with well-build, pre-made and low-cost houses), I thought it's an ingenious idea. However, after working on this project and researching on Dharavi made me change my mind. Even though the living condition of the slum is depressing, it fascinates me how creative people are with the limited resources they have to build their homes. Generations of thoughts and effort are put into each of these houses and I don't think they are replaceable by mass-produced cubes.
1. Love it! Great work as always!!
2. Really amazing! I'm in love with all of your work and as a fellow illustrator, admittedly jealous. I can't believe more people don't comment on here, but then I realized it's probably because your work leaves them speechless. You have a true talent!
3. Thanks Yuta :)!
Thanks Colleen, I do hope more people would comment too and keep this blog a two ways street. I know people tend to say nice things on blogs but I can always use some constructive criticisms. So fire away!
4. aw man this is so beautiful!
5. Dear Victo, You are uniquely gifted talent.
I'm posting this link to the 300 House Blog.
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(SPOILER) New Fox Friday Trailer. Featuring some new bits from "The Target". And they call Dollhouse "the new hit".
Woo! This is the promo I saw during The Simpsons last night. Thanks for posting it!
Heh. Awesome new combo-trailer. Normally I despise when networks prematurely claim a show is a hit, but I'm kind of okay with it in this case. Yay, double standards!
Nuff said! (nuff = enough, just in case you're not familiar with slang)
I'm glad they're promoting it as a "hit." Why the hell not? It was a hit of sorts with certain demographics. It's a real hit on iTunes and Hulu. The Hollywood Reporter "it's an unmitigated disaster!" meme is overblown and grown tiresome. Time to seize control of the discourse or at least try to temper it.
Ummm... hoping this isn't a stooopid comment, but would you expect them to promote it as 'the new dud'? I'm not in marketing but even I know that if you build it (up) they will (be more likely to) come.
No, but there's always a risk in promoting something as a hit if the prospective audience turns out to be aware of the news reports saying it wasn't.
Baxter, not sure if your comment was to me, but I'll go ahead and respond just in case. No, I would not expect them to promote it as a dud. What I meant was that I've literally seen billboards promoting shows that haven't even started airing yet, by calling it "The newest hit from the guys that brought you..." or "The new dramatic hit..." That sort of thing bothers me. I would say that, right now, it's probably still too soon to advertise Dollhouse as a hit, but I was genuine when I said that I'm okay with it in this case. That's all.
"New hit" promotion is classic Marketing 101, but it is still awesome to see it attached with Dollhouse. :)
According to Variety "Fox's "Dollhouse" got off to a credible start in the ratings Friday". Although they did manage misspell Joss' name which I wouldn't expect from such a well respected industry publication.
"Get ready for 'Meh Fridays'! It's the ultimate so-so combo as we give you the new shows critics are calling 'confusing,' 'overhyped,' and 'strangely off-putting'! It's 'if you've got nothing better to do TV' that you won't want to miss--too often."
Our UK equivalent is - "America's Number #1 Show" or something in that vein. Speaking of marketing terms, I hate it how movie trailers say "The Best Movie of 2009" on the 1st January.
I like this FOX Promo, anyway. Probably my favourite so far.
Thanks, Wyndam-Price. That is what I meant. After all it is promotion for a TV show for god's sake - no one is taking a truth-o-meter to this stuff.
Yeah, fox was promoting Dollhouse as the "most anticipated" new show of 2009.
So how many new shows have there been in the last month and a half, 1 or 2?
Jaynes Hat: Actually, "Dollhouse" made it onto a lot of "most anticipated new shows of 2009" lists late last year. Just because it debuted in the second month of the year does not make it less anticipated for the year. Sure, Fox is hyping. But it's not pulling this stuff entirely out of thin air.
Hm. So Variety doesn't think Dollhouse was a ratings dud? Intriguing. But wait! Whatever will various unnamed blogs and their participating commenters make of Variety's "credible start" assessment of "Dollhouse?" Nothing, probably. Why factor in the good when it's so much more fun to wallow in the nasty and the bad?
Checking in on internet sites in the past week to read about Dollhouse makes me think that many sites serve as "Come to the Village Square to Watch An Execution With the Rest of the Public!" for the 21st century crowd. The old ways haven't died. You still get to bring your (metaphorical) picnic lunch and dine on the public destruction of someone else (not you, which is what it's all about). Good times. Not.
On a side note, it is rather bizarre that Variety misspelled Joss's name.
A hit eh? Yet the trades say fox was disappointed. But the point is do people really believe this blather from the stations? EVERYTHING is an event, a sensation, a hit - does it work? I've stopped believing anything they say a long time ago. Or is that just me?
Isn't Variety one of the biggest trades? They don't say Fox was disappointed.
What trades are saying Fox itself is disappointed? Only thing I recall seeing from Fox is what TV by the Numbers published, which was all Fox touting the demographic pluses. Mainly what I've seen is a lot of puffery from certain trades who believe they know what Fox OUGHT to be thinking.
[ edited by The One True b!X on 2009-02-17 01:49 ]
FOX calls every new show, regardless of whether it sucks or doesn't suck, a "new hit", or that "critics agree" you have to see it, or some other poor excuse for advertising to morons who believe it.
Perhaps they truly believe this is the best thing since sliced bread - after all they have seen more of it than we or the critics have. However, they have also invested a considerable sum of money in it and there is every advantage to hyping the show if they hope to recoup some of that, even if they don't plan to renew for a 2nd season. Finally, they purportedly have a 'deal' with ED - that is what caused the show to be made in the first place. I am not an industry insider, so not sure what that means, but at the bare minimum probably means promoting the star of their 'new hit series'. With all that, I'm still anticipating becoming a fan (admittedly not there yet after the 1st episode) - I just think that it isn't reasonable to read too much into the hype produced by those who have a financial (or creative) interest in the product. That is the essence of an 'independent' analysis.
A deal with a star is usually a one year holding deal for the studio to place a star in one of the shows they are currently developing or to develop a starring vehicle for them. That is how Nathan ended up in Drive and how he is now in Castle. He had holding/developments deals with 20th and then ABC studios.
The studio (not the network)pays the star to do nothing and to stay away from their competition. 20th likely has already fulfilled their deal with Eliza at this point and probably wouldn't owe her a thing if FBC canceled the show tomorrow.
Stumbling around Google, I found a reference to her deal, signed in (August?) 2007, as being for a two-year term.
[ edited by The One True b!X on 2009-02-17 02:35 ]
Cheers, b!x, I would think that the actual development deal on the show would also fulfill the expectations of the agreement. Could be wrong though.
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How big was the US housing bust, really?
4 May, 2012, 11:34. Posted by
By Walter Kurtz, Sober Look
Goldman recently completed a thorough study on housing busts around the world and throughout history. The study covered the time period since 1890 for some dozen "developed" economies (including for example the US housing bust of the 1920s). The idea was to assemble statistics on the pre and post-bust economic trends. That in turn allowed them to gauge what was or was not typical about the US 2007 housing bust.
In general the study found that after the bust, the economy experiences the following trends:
1. The GDP growth is sluggish for a prolonged period
2. High unemployment and relatively high output gap persists
3. Double-dip recessions are not common
4. The private sector deleverages while the public sector leverage increases
5. Interest rates remain low for a long time
6. Stock returns are modest, consistent with slow GDP growth
Based on these findings, it turns out that in general the US housing bust was severe but not that unusual. The chart below shows the historical distribution of housing market corrections for all the nations and periods included in the study. The 30-35% correction in the US housing market (as scary as the experience has been) is not outside the range of other housing busts (DM refers to developed economies).
Source: GS
There are however two indicators that do stand out:
1. The US public sector leverage increase is sharper than the historical range.
Source: GS
2. As discussed before, the level of real interest rates in the US is completely outside the historical range.
Source: GS
Other indicators for the 2007 housing bust are roughly within the historical range for such events.
This post first appeared here: How the 2007 US housing bust stacks up against other housing corrections
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Re: perceptual segregation of sound
This note was intended to be sent to the entire list (my change of e-mail address prevented it from appearing); Dan has replied to me privately.
What you've suggested so succinctly seems a lot like the concepts on perception that I discuss on my Web site. Using a basic system analysis approach I've tried to find fundamental principles from which to establish generalized requirements for sensory systems based on what it takes for animals to survive in their environments.
Here is some of my thinking: Survival requires an animal's sensory organs to produce a timely response to environmental information. These responses must identify the relative importance of sources in a way that describes a "situation" whereby "awareness" characterizes the auditory scene. In any situation, sensors should be able to select for attention instantaneously the single most important source within the scene. To do this the model I propose has a hierarchy of perceptual levels each of which has its own ability for awareness and attention but is subservient to judgments by higher authority. Each level's responses are based upon specific time frames within which information from each level can be made available. (Simple meanings occupy less time to absorb than complicated meanings,) In addition, each level is capable of selecting a priority source within its domain for attention. For example, the lowest levels which have the simplest information could respond reflexively to a source within milliseconds. But its response could be moderated by a top-down decision from higher levels. It is thus possible, as you suggest, that what seems like simultaneous multiple-source attention at the conscious level is actually the rapid switching of priorities among source objects based on subliminal decisions at the lower levels. As an example, consider the complexity of the attention decisions a quarterback must process within the few seconds he has during a football play.
A crucial question: how to achieve and synchronize timely responses at all levels. It appears to me that this problem has not been seriously addressed in the current paradigm.
John Bates
I think another factor to consider in the concurrent segregation of sounds is that much of the segregation may be accomplished pre-attentively. Low-level (in the brain, and even cochlea) feature detectors may segregate aspects of sounds, if not the sounds themselves, well before they percolate up to what we call "consciousness." This would depend on the type of segregating cue under consideration, whether it is pitch, spatial location, onset time, etc. | http://www.auditory.org/mhonarc/2006/msg00327.html | dclm-gs1-169160002 | false | false | {
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Pliny The Younger - Russian River Brewing Company
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2,043 Ratings
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Ratings: 2043
Reviews: 827
rAvg: 4.7
pDev: 8.09%
Brewed by:
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California, United States
Style | ABV
American Double / Imperial IPA | 11.00% ABV
Availability: Winter
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Beer: Ratings & Reviews
Ratings: 2,043 | Reviews: 827 | Show All Ratings:
Photo of sloejams
5/5 rDev +6.4%
Serving type: growler
11-21-2005 01:19:29 | More by sloejams
Photo of Rastacouere
Quebec (Canada)
4.18/5 rDev -11.1%
Mostly diminishing, but initially generous white head takes position above a straight golden body. Extremely complex hops nose hints at most nuances you can think of, all ahead prefumey and piney, but underneath hinting at a broad range of citrus fruits, leafy and minty in nature. Might gain a bit from being less liquorous, but this nose is truly fantastic, magical hoppiness Id dare say, with maltiness being certainly felt if not exactly managing to show any flavours all the way through the hops. Palate is oily, full, slick, tannic and liquorous, hence surprisingly sweet, but it works thanks to a controlled level of citric acidity.
Serving type: growler
11-08-2005 01:19:21 | More by Rastacouere
Photo of meathookjones
5/5 rDev +6.4%
Growler split between a few people. Crystal clear golden orange body with a tall off white foamy head. Sticky and clumpy lacing galore. Huge hoppy as hell aroma that is spectacular. Pine and citric hops just bombard your nose. Some nice floral hops in there as well. Very light sweetness in the nose that seems to be just enough to make it seem balanced even though this is overflowing with hoppy goodness. The flavor is packed full of hop goodness. Very juicy with hops and it has a good amount of the hop sweetness that I taste in 120 minute but without going overboard. Citric, pine and floral earthy flavors are there in abundance. Pretty much hop juice is the way I would describe it. Its fairly bitter but not to the point of being a palette destroyer. Mouthfeel is ridiculously smooth for the strength and the hoppiness. Just the right amount of body to it. No alcohol to be found anywhere. It couldnt be any more drinkable, it almost went down like water. While most of my other favorite double IPAs are the smack you around and rip your tongue out kind this one manages to be a super refined and smooth hop bomb that managed to stay balanced and still hoppy as hell.
Serving type: growler
10-20-2005 18:02:52 | More by meathookjones
Photo of LuckySevens82
5/5 rDev +6.4%
Huge-ass growler courtesy of RedwoodGeorge. You are a prince among men.
Pours a hazy coppery color with a very nice, thick, almost injection molded, pure white head. Lacing and retention are both spectacular. This beer just screams drink me from the moment it hits the glass.
Smell is a hop head's wet dream. Nothing but hops, pure, unadulterated hop aroma. Well balanced and just superb. Piny, citrusy, and just a bit earthy. Some alcohol in the nose, but at 11% it's not surprising. Everything is balanced out nicely with just a hint of toffee.
Taste, again, is just amazing. This is hop juice pure and simple. What starts off slightly sweet, and a little caramelly, easly blends into a piny, bitter and downright great taste. Loads of hops in this one, that's for sure, and yet it doesn't seem overdone. I've had some DIPAs that are just acrid with hops where as this beer blends everything together so nicely it's hard to find fault. There is, of course, a slight (very slight) alcohol warming sensation as this one goes gleefully down my throat.
Mouthfeel is just what I want from a DIPA, not tooth enamel stripping, but not something that is going to feel like water going down. With the amount of hops in this it's amazing that the former isn't the case.
Drinkability is insane for the alcohol content. I could easily drink this beer all night and not have any complaints. Of course, the next morning might be a problem, but I'm sure it would be a fun night.
Overall, this is easily one of the best IPAs if not one of the best beers I've ever had. It stands to style, and takes it just one or 10 steps further than you would have thought possible. An impeccable beer from an even more impeccable brewery.
Serving type: growler
10-01-2005 00:56:01 | More by LuckySevens82
Photo of mntlover
5/5 rDev +6.4%
Many thanks go to RedwoodGeorge for this wonderful fresh 67.6 oz/ 2 liters of pure heaven on earth.
This baby pours a lightly hazy peach color with a nice fluffy white two finger sized head, leaves lots of lace web down my glass. For an 11% brew this nice big head was not expected but is wonderful. The growler itself is great the coolest looking growler I have seen.
Aroma is holy cow wet sticky fresh from the vine hops. Fresh pine tree dripping sticky sap all wraped in grapefruit rinds. Like sticking your head in a barrel of fresh hop. There is some bready malt underneath along with hints of spiciness. If you love hops this is for you, I have never smelled anything this good, strong and fresh before.
Taste is big full huge amounts of hops very nice lots of juicey flavors fruity and piney tingle the taste buds. Man its like chewing on fresh hops how does Vinnie get so much hop flavor in this one? Its like randalized beer without the green stuff in your teeth. OK all these hops and you would think just tounge numbing bitterness but no, it is bitter but more balanced then should be possible.There is a lingering grapefruit bitterness with hints of pine but nice bready malt base does come thru and adds some sweetness also some spice shows up but probably coming from the huge amount of hops. This one truly is a triple IPA unlike the other triple IPA that tastes more like a barley wine, nothing against Devil Dancer but this is the shit here. This is the big IIPA all should be judged by.
Mouthfeel is nice smooth big almost creamy but a little to much carbonation for creamy. The carbonation adds a touch of zest to the hops. You can almost feel the hop oils rolling over your tounge.
Drinkability is beyond great, where the hell is the 11% well after a few pours I know its there and didn't finish my growler in one night so it will kick your ass atleast for a light weight like me but you will not know it until you get up. The only thing hurting drinkability here is having to go to Santa Rosa to get more. Vinnie can you please bottle this and send some to the Vintage Cellar. I have rated one other beer a 5.0 but that was probably a mistake, no mistake here you want the best triple IPA, or double as stylized by BA, then this is the one to rule them all. Again want to thank RedwoodGeorge for this one.
Serving type: growler
09-25-2005 19:16:27 | More by mntlover
Photo of AdvocateFan
4.9/5 rDev +4.3%
Serving type: growler
Photo of lostbearbrew
4.97/5 rDev +5.7%
Used 5 tickets to sample at the ABF. This is a combining of the notes I took each time..
How'd it look?: hazy honey yellow body with frothy head.
Olfactory Rating: Foresty Citrus Fresh Baked Sweet Bread. This beer is almost as confusing in the amount of smells it provides as any I've sampled. Was first, third, fifith, and then seventh and eigth samples I tried Friday night. Glad I tried it so many times up front, as it was gone fairly fast, and I could smell more layers in the beer than I might have later on.
Taste Buds say: sweet, almost amzingly so, as the nose doesn't hint that is the first thing you'll taste. Malt sits up front and Vinnie's use of sugar in the brews to up alch % and add sweetness comes through. Then, the hops explode - and the alchohol slowly works it way down the throat. The hops are almost like chewing on a piece of grapefruit covered in pine tar. Very intense, and the only other beer I've had that compares, is Dreadnaught. Alch flavor is there, but not highly present. Simply stunned, these taste buds are.
Mouthfeel: Very rich taste, covers the tongue, and attaches to the top of the palette.
Despite an 11% abv...this is one drinkable beer.
Finally found my notes from that weekend in Boston and am adding in reviews as I can.
Serving type: on-tap
08-24-2005 18:38:09 | More by lostbearbrew
Photo of brewbacca
4.75/5 rDev +1.1%
thee triple ipa of the west coast, had it on tap at the toronado's 18th birthday. served in a tulip.
appearance - nice warm golden color, with a decent head that retained it self through the serving ( I drink pretty fast), mild carbonation,
smell: like being in a pine tree forest, with david the nome
taste: amazingly smooth, not as rough as the elder, can't believe that this is an 11% abv, until I stood up from my third glass, I saw pixies fly around my head. It had a great finish that was silky smooth with hoppy tones and some pale malty notes, cabonation was light and didn't effect the taste much
overall, one of my favorite west coast ipa's, would be a great compliment to anything salty. which I was enjoying ribs and buffalo wings at the time. it wasn't to filling so you could down several before the alcohol got to you.
If you get a chance to come to san francisco make the journey north to russian river for the some of the best west coast brews.
Serving type: on-tap
08-16-2005 19:40:31 | More by brewbacca
Photo of BeerResearcher
4.6/5 rDev -2.1%
One 1/2 pint wasn't enough, so I had a second.
It pours an amazing orange-hued amber with a medium-sized off-white head and a smattering of patchy lacing.
The aroma is certainly the high point of this brew, though the rest ain't bad either! A smell reminiscent of a fresh cut blue spruce comes to mind. Smells of citrusy grapefruit, orange and lemon zest is direct and potent. A sweet malty smell lingers through. A light perfumy rum alcohol aroma rises from the depths.
A solid, slightly sweet, almost oily doughy malt body lies a firm foundation for all the varied hop tastes to dance and frolic about. Bitter orange, pink grapefruit, essence of pink and floral hop flavors abound. A taste of over-ripe pears and hint of cherries in cream is noticed.
A rich golden rum fuminess releases in the exhale.
This is a really decadent and flavorful brew!
Serving type: on-tap
07-30-2005 16:58:35 | More by BeerResearcher
Photo of DogFood11
4.9/5 rDev +4.3%
I had this beer served off of a hand pump at Naja's in Redondo beach served in a 8oz chimay glass. I have no idea how they could possibly improve this beer. OUTSTANDING.
Appearance. Perfect 3/4 inch head that maintains itself throughout. Dark brown/amber color. Very inviting.
The smell and the taste are identical in my opinion what you smell is what you get. Aromatic, fruity but not overpowering. The taste is a beautiful blend of hops. Its bold up front but once again a perfect balance. Finishes dry with just a touch of malt sweetness left behind.
Mild carbonation and a deep warm feeling in the gut adds to this well crafted brew. Drinkability is off the charts. If I ever get the chance to buy this by the palett count me in.
Serving type: cask
07-03-2005 18:42:48 | More by DogFood11
Photo of Boilermaker88
4.88/5 rDev +3.8%
Sampled (a few times!) at the ABF. One of a very select few beers I bothered to review while attending the ABF. Pliny The Younger was served up at the VIP session of the ABF.
Appearance: cloudy honey color topped with a dense white head. head displayed amazing durability and left much gummy lace, enough that I had to completely wash my glass afterward. The lace refused to get off my glass! Tenacious stuff!
Nose: big juicy citrusy hops aroma. Nice fruity notes (tropical in nature) and doughy malts in supporting roles offer a pleasing balance to the massive grapefruit and tangerine rind hops aroma.
Taste: starts off with a deceptively sweet offering of light caramel, bready malt, and hints of mango, pineapple and papayas. Those flavors don't last long, however, before the heavy load of juicy, resinous hops oils brush the sweetness aside. Tons of grapefruit peels, lesser notes of pine sap and even less alcohol simply take hold and linger long after each swallow.
Feel: full, creamy and almost a bit chewy.
Overall: just an ungodly good double IPA!! This is an 11% ABV beer - hard to believe and that just makes it all the more dangerous. Simply a can't-miss beer. Find it, drink it. You will enjoy it, guaranteed.
Serving type: on-tap
06-27-2005 18:50:09 | More by Boilermaker88
Photo of UncleFlip
4.93/5 rDev +4.9%
I swear, I want to have Pliny's alien love child. Forget that I'm male and have never met an alien.
This one was a nice clear dark honey yellow- with a decent head on top. Very nice...and a harbinger of good things to come. The smell? Hoppity hoppity hops. What more could a guy want?
The first sip revealed a nice underlying sweetness, topped by a hearty hoppiness. There were some fruity notes as well- with apple, pineapple, and a hint of papaya. There was a bit of alcohol fume, as well.
The body also had a bit of alcohol on it- but it was overall just slightly syrupy.
This beer was heartier than expected- and very pleasantly so! I look forward to my next encounter with the immensely palatable Pliny!
Be well
Serving type: on-tap
06-22-2005 02:38:47 | More by UncleFlip
Photo of Sixpoint
New York
4.63/5 rDev -1.5%
Had this bottle at American Beer Fest in Boston.
Beer had an awesome, pillowy head on top.
Aroma? Fuggedaboutit. Massive quantities of west-coast hops. Citrus fruit, anyone?
Aggressive hop flavor, but well balanced for such a light color. Outstanding.
Medium bodied, but not syrup given the strength.
Overall, very drinkable given it's strength and hop flavor.
Serving type: bottle
06-19-2005 15:55:37 | More by Sixpoint
Photo of HopasaurusRex
New Hampshire
4.93/5 rDev +4.9%
Poured from a growler imported by brewandbbq from the sacred hop grounds of Russian River . . .
This is truly a hophead's delight. The light color seems to suggest a pils or a tripel, but it is truly a Triple IPA. The nose exudes pungent grapefruit, juicyfruit gum, pine sap, cotton candy, and citrus galore. The taste matches the smell. Each sip revealed a new layer of hoppy goodness, and the full-on hop assault pummelled my palate into submission. Despite the intense hoppiness, Pliny struck a balance between bitterness and malty sweetness. It lived up to the hype. I could drink pint after pint until I fall off my stool onto the floor. Man, does it go down easy for an 11% ABV ale.
Thank you, Vinnie, may I have another . . .
Serving type: growler
06-13-2005 19:19:06 | More by HopasaurusRex
Photo of brewandbbq
New Hampshire
4.8/5 rDev +2.1%
Poured light gold and hazy from the growler, white, rocky head with a myriad of different sized bubbles. Quickly settled down to a thin whisp of carbonation.
Pungent in the nose, but not overwhelming.
First try at the brewpub, I figured it was because of the 10oz glass, but this time in a goblet.
Delectable aromatics. Alcohol steeped hops and fruit.
Melons, pears, peaches, tangerines, drizzled with candied pine sap. A bit nose clearing with the rich alcohol. A true hop cocktail.
Light to medium in the body and slightly numbing on the pallet.
Zesty hop attack has a nice drying quality that offsets the residual sugars.
Bitterness is not overbearing, with the majority of lupulus being in the flavoring.
Juicy, stickey, and slightly chewy. Filled with loads of lush pine infused citrus fruits.
Malt is light and a mere shadow in this brew.
Finishes long and balanced, with lingering honey, spruce, and a hint of Grand Marnier.
A beautifully balanced beer for such a hop monster. Very approachable and alcohol well hidden.
Revisit 2/16/10..Growler also.
Clear gold body with a white head. Plenty of sticky head when agitated.
Aromatics are laced with skunky kind-bud, onion skin, garlic, and fruit loops following through. Not screamingly pungent, but very resinous and dank.
Medium bodied and crisp. Tacky mouthfeel with a slight chew.
Juicy, earthy, resinous hops start the palate, with light malt following through and a pleasant bitterness. Alcohol is a mere afterthought. A blend of pine, garlic, grapefruit, and a hint of tropical fruits.
After five years of just a memory, it's good to revisit PTY. Not as tropical as I remember, and heavier on the dank, garlicy Columbus hops. Very dry and not over-the-top hoppy.
Serving type: growler
06-12-2005 01:43:55 | More by brewandbbq
Photo of feloniousmonk
4.78/5 rDev +1.7%
once poured from the growler, the brew slipped over the lip of the pint, and I had to suck up some...pre-inspection, I'm wowed by this beer! Holy dribble cup, Batman!
Clear golden/ pale peach appearance, with an excellent cup of lacey, snow -white froth on top. Very attractive IPA, so far.
Nose is all pine, hints of pineapple and other tropical fruit, pineapple, peach, apricot, banana, lemon...braces of bitterness, but all of it pleasing to the hophead. Just heavenly!
Taste: all those good things and more, the tropical and citric fruit blaze over the palate, bright and luscious, hoppy, bitter, but overwhelmingly pleasant and tasty...the extra liquor doesn't click in right away, but makes itself felt eventually...11%?? Hooo, daddy!
There's enough malt here that it's not a raw hop blitzkrieg overpowering anything else in the brew, but hops are king here, as if there were ever any doubt. Damn, Zam-Bam-A-Lam!! this is a true killer-diller, not for the weak of heart or palate!
much thanks to Axisjones for the growler!
Serving type: growler
04-12-2005 07:44:22 | More by feloniousmonk
Photo of oggg
4/5 rDev -14.9%
On tap at O'Briens. Served in 10oz glasses. (2nd batch)
This beer had a tiny layer of foam that receded quickly, as expected for such a huge brew. Deep golden color with a touch of haziness. Lots of citrus in the nose but I would call it moderate -- less than the aroma I get off the Elder. Crisp on the tongue at first, there is a moderate hop bitterness of grapefruit, citrus, and something different from Pliny the Elder. Hmmm... Can't describe it. Malt is present but again doesn't knock my socks off... unlike the alcohol, which did. Rather, I didn't taste the alcohol but I certainly felt it very quickly.
I really need to try this again. It was somewhat of a letdown, but then again, 1) no beer could live up to the hype that this "triple IPA" got, 2) small glass may have limited aroma dispersal, 3) I developed a bad headache after drinking it, possible from being dehyrdated and then going for a highly alcoholic beer (I doubt it was a reaction to the Younger), and 4) I've been on such a double IPA spree lately that my tongue was probably a little dead to the hoppiness of the Younger. Regardless, I owe the Younger another chance.
Serving type: on-tap
04-09-2005 23:09:26 | More by oggg
Photo of axisjones
4.97/5 rDev +5.7%
Poured a clean light orange with a nice fluffy head. Laces all the way down. This smells like hops. Hops, hops, and more hops- it has the signature cascade piney hop smell, very citrusy. This is what God must drink when he wants an IPA. Massive hops, but very very smooth. Whereas some IIPAs are over the top and almost undrinkable, this 3IPA is bitter but very flavorful, with fruity notes and floral-piney-citrus-juicy taste with a clean bitterness in the back. Its well balanced and not overly extreme. The drinkability is high. Too high. So high in fact, that the bartender (who knows me very well) warned me that it would go down easy for an 11% brew. I could not taste a single % of that 11. I could drink this all night, but that would probably result in alcohol poisoning.
Overall, an outstanding IIPA, probably the best I have had. Drink at your own risk though.
Serving type: on-tap
03-15-2005 07:34:42 | More by axisjones
Photo of RedwoodGeorge
4.88/5 rDev +3.8%
On tap at the Russian River Brewing Company...
The brew is a deep straw-yellow in color with a boatload of very tiny bubbles. The head is a pure-white, light and fluffy with a very fine grain. The brew didn't stick around long enough to judge head retention but it did leave plenty of lacing on the glass.
The aroma was certainly inviting - plenty of hops with a nice mix of grassy and citrus notes. The taste was pure ambrosia - plenty of strong hop notes and yet not the least bit bitter. What impressed me about the Elder holds true for the Younger as well - the smoothness is astounding. You'd think that a brew with this much hopping would taste like paint remover but it's smoooth. The primary hop tastes are grass and grapefruit with much lighter notes of herb and flowers. There is actually a mild malt undertone, a clean, 'bready' taste that compliments the major flavors.
As for the 11% ABV: for a while I thought Vinnie might be fibbing a bit - there's no alcohol 'burn' to this brew. No alcohol taste at all, really. Of course, as you stagger away from the bar you realized there was ethanol hidden in there somewhere. My theory is that it somehow helps smooth out the hop bite without adding a sweet note.
Mouthfeel is mind boggling - again, you'd expect an extreme beer like this leave your lips numb, your teeth stripped of enamel and your tongue curled up like a smoked whitefish but this isn't the case. There's no heavy coating on the tongue, the very fine carbonation leaves a very clean, clear palate. This brew has an almost velvety feel on the way down.
Drinkability? Is it even worth discussing? If I were to walk into a bar and this were available, I wouldn't look any further down the board. With the possible exception of Pliny the Elder there may be no other beer that compares.
Serving type: on-tap
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4.58/5 rDev -2.6%
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4.83/5 rDev +2.8%
On tap at Pizza Port Carlsbad.
Wow - did Russian River figure out how to ferment straight hops? Poured a lighter color than the Elder - looks like a pale ale. Great head, nice lacing all the way down the glass. Definitely none of the balance and subtley of the Elder - this is hop juice, pure and simple. Absolutely unbelievable that this is 11 % - smooth and not a hint of harshness.
Serving type: on-tap
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4.88/5 rDev +3.8%
Poured a hazy golden buutterscotch color with a creamy white head. Sheets of lace down the glass.
Big resinous grapefruit rind aroma. Floral and perfumey with some malt and a bit of caramel.
Sweet floral tastes. Lots of sweet malt with toffee undertones helps balance the inpending hop onslaught. Does a good job of it too.The hop profile came in fresh and floral with citrus rind & juice flavors, a bit of pepper and hints of pineapple and vanilla in the finish. Great balance and the alcohol was almost non existent. It was almost on the verge of being a little cloying. Absolutely a glassful of nectar!
Medium bodied with a velvety smooth, creamy and slightly oily mouthfeel. Perfect!
Exceptional, almost laughable drinkability for such a huge beer.
If you find it...try it! Highly recommended.
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02-02-2005 00:21:59 | More by rkhaze
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4.9/5 rDev +4.3%
Served at Naja's, Redondo Beach in 8oz. (owner approved) servings and unlimited at O'Brien's, San Diego in 10oz sevings. When first in posession of this beer, I had NO idea what a triple IPA was supposed to taste like. I thought maybe a Dogfish Head 120 or a Rogue I2PA? No. This beer is amazing in color, smell, taste and drinkability. I've tried pretty much every Double IPA that I could get my hands on and I was convinced that a tie between PizzaPort's: Frank and Pliny the Elder was fair. Those are GREAT beers but Younger follows after Elder and is simply astonishing and amazingly well balanced.
At first smell, I was hit with a huge appearance of citrus scent and pine. The first taste could be described as biting into a sweet grapefruit, then getting hit in the face with a pine tree branch. Four hopheads standing around a table taking the first sip for the first time and eight eyeballs have never been so wide! The taste lingers forever then you put it down for ten minutes and wait. After a change of shorts, tasting this beer every ten minutes for about an hour sends you through an experience that is uncomprehendable. By the last sip, you are tasting a totally different beer. I wanted to heat it up and see what it would do. Mouthfeel is so smooth but powerful, and when swallowed, one is amazed at the balance acheived by Mr. Cilerzo running an 11% triple IPA through your brain. You think: "No way!"
In all, I would say I've tried the best beer that exists on the planet. There must be three times the hops in here than Elder. Vinnie Cilerzo is a beer God!
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5/5 rDev +6.4%
This is not beer, it is hop juice. That said, it is the tastiest thing I have ever put in my mouth. Had on tap at Lucky Baldwins.
Appearance: Pale ale color, nice dense head. Sheet after sheet of lacing.
Smell: Massive orange juice aroma.
Taste: orange rinds on a big bed of malt. There is no noticing the 11% alcohol level. This is perfectly balanced and insanely delicious. Although there is a sweetness to this monster, it is not a sweet beer.
Mouthfeel: light carbonation, silky and delicious. Not a drop of harshness for all the long lasting and beautiful hoppiness.
I had a Avec Bons Les Vouex afterwards and could barely taste it. I could sell my soul for this.
Serving type: on-tap
01-31-2005 20:02:44 | More by Naerhu
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North Carolina
4.68/5 rDev -0.4%
A stout, small top covers up the ruby-tinted, dry and sticky orange frosted body. Nose is sweet constantness in a mighty, floral hop blast.
Taste manages to be huge without knocking out considerations of balance or drinkability -- which is something any beer can hope for. Spiced fire pine-sol blisters the throat in sweet, floral hop gratiness to the point of a hop pollen explosion, of bitter, poison berry. My eye started twitching with the intensity...
Yet there's an edge of fruitiness, of fruit juice complexity, of watermelon and peaches, that adds to balance the brew. After is barely dry, and just enough to compensate the fruitiness and represent the nose and IPA character. A greatly put-together brew that seems somehow subdued and drinkable.
One of my favorite beers to date.
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Occupy Atlanta VS Kasim Reed, the Black Misleadership Class and the One Percent
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Why are police across the country arresting and dispersing occupation sites? And why is the Black Misleadership Class, and its black Atlanta mayor Kasim Reed threatened by the occupy movement? Why did Atlanta send copters, hundreds of police, and spend at least $800,000 to breakup Occupy Atlanta? Where will it assemble next? Can homeless Atlanta and Occupy Atlanta work together, and if they can, will mayor Reed and his friends in the one percent like that even less?
By BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
Back in January 2010, I wrote that
the black political elite no longer believes its mission is to fight for peace and justice. The newer, more cynical black elite are unmoored from their peace-and-justice-loving base. They are focused on their own careers, and the corporate largesse that makes those careers possible... the black politics of a previous generation, in which black candidates and public officials were expected to stand for something beside their own careers, is over.
I pointed to Atlanta mayor Kasim Reed as poster boy for this new and cynical generation of the black misleadership class.
On Saturday afternoon, Atlanta mayor Kasim Reed screamed, shouted and threatened representatives of Occupy Atlanta, declaring that those who wanted to be arrested “would get their wish.” After a mobilization of several hundred additional protesters, some barricades and a threatening display of police numbers, City Hall decided not to clear Woodruff Park that night. The mayor declared he would send a delegation of preachers to talk to occupiers, but that this would be their “last chance.”
By Monday, the mayor regained his composure, and called an afternoon press conference in which he declared that Occupy Atlanta was an imminent danger to public health and safety, because of a single gas-fueled electric generator in the park. Never mind, Occupy Atlanta's Tim Franzen pointed out, that Atlanta tailgaters at college and NFL football games deploy dozens of these in parking lots every weekend.
Atlanta police massed around the occupiers again Sunday and Monday nights, amid renewed mayoral threats, but took no further action. TV viewers were treated to the spectacle of former mayor Andrew Young advising occupiers to settle on one or two good demands and leave the park. When a couple of the mayor's preachers, who claimed they were not acting on behalf of the mayor finally showed up on Tuesday, they demanded an immediate meeting with five to seven leaders of the occupation, and one or two demands they could take back to City Hall. Spokespeople for the occupiers, who included State Senator Vincent Fort, Ron Allen, Tim Franzen, Joe Beasley and a handful of others told them the earliest meeting date that could be arranged would be Thursday, and expressed serious doubt that the mayor was truly able or willing to address their demands. The Thursday meeting was agreed upon, and the preachers departed.
But late Tuesday night, in a display of contempt for both the occupiers and his own preachers, Mayor Kasim Reed ordered Woodruff Park surrounded by hundreds of police, who cleared the park shortly after midnight, arresting more than 50.
Atlanta's Black Mayors, The Black Misleadership Class and the One Percent
Nobody should doubt that Atlanta mayor Kasim Reed is firmly in the pocket of the one percent. It's old news. It's a choice he and leaders of the local black misleadership class made more than a generation ago. The clique of black political leaders who came to power with Atlanta mayor Maynard Jackson in 1973, and who still hold sway today have never been friends or advocates of black or white working people. Though they owed, and still owe their offices, careers and personal fortunes to the political victories won by the Freedom Movement, Atlanta's black misleadership class has rarely if ever lined up with black and working people when it came to economic justice.
Mayor Maynard Jackson in 1977 defined the relationship between the class of newly privileged black politicians and the rest of black Atlanta by deliberately provoking and then savagely breaking a strike by Atlanta sanitation workers seeking decent pay and medical benefits. Georgia's white business leaders began to understand that though the color of the city's politicians had changed, little else would. And it hasn't. By the end of the 70s, the Maynard Jackson administration boasted of leveraging city contracts and the construction of the nation's largest airport to create two or three dozen new black millionaires, from whom wealth was to trickle down to the entire African American community. The only thing that really trickled down to black Atlanta and black communities nationwide was the PR campaign, the self-celebrating myth of Black Mecca, where the climate was benign, the housing affordable, the jobs plentiful and the politicians enlightened. It was a myth, but a potent one.
Maynard Jackson was succeeded by Andy Young, a former confidante of Martin Luther King. Young's signature project was bringing the 1996 Olympics to Atlanta, providing the excuse to clear vast tracts in the city of poor people and abandoned industries, and replace them with richer people and more shopping. Jackson returned for a last term after Young, and was followed by Bill Campbell, who sold the city's water network to a private firm. Young cashed in his chips as a civil rights icon to found GoodWorks International, a PR and consulting firm for multinational corporations like Wal-Mart and Nike, and serve on the boards of corporations like Barrick Gold, which is heavily implicated in plunder and genocide in the Congo.
Shirley Franklin came in after Campbell with a campaign of sweeping privatizations of parks, city services, parking and more. But with Atlanta's newly privatized water works pumping rust colored mud through the taps of tens of thousands of Atlanta residents (including wealthy white ones) the drive to privatize everything in sight had to be slowed. Still, Shirley Franklin completed the demolition of nearly all Atlanta's public housing, driving tens of thousands of poor black Atlantans from the city. Like Andy Young, Franklin also cashed in after leaving City Hall, as a consultant for the telecom industry, and pushing the privatization of schools and services of all kinds.
By 2002, after a generation of “Black Mecca” and black political leadership, the city's poverty rate was in the top five of metro areas nationwide. One in three black Atlanta children is in poverty, even after the expulsion of tens of thousands of poor Atlantans when their neighborhoods were demolished.
The current mayor is firmly within the tradition of his predecessors. Kasim Reed is a corporate lawyer for the rich and racist. He is a man who has never fought for or believed in justice for ordinary people. As a state senator in 2006 he introduced vicious anti-immigrant legislation that paralleled similar racist bills passed this year in Georgia and Alabama. As a mayoral candidate, Reed called himself “a civil rights lawyer,” leaving out the key detail that his practice represented the corporations that violated civil rights, not the black, brown, elderly or disabled plaintiffs whose rights had been violated. The day before being sworn in as mayor Reed promised local business leaders to deal with downtown “panhandlers” in what he called a “very muscular” fashion. The term “panhandlers” is shorthand for homeless black males, even though any sociologist or person who works with the homeless will tell you that only white homeless men can beg on the street. Unless they are very elderly or handicapped, black men are considered inherently too inherently “threatening” to be successful street beggars. The convention and tourist industry seems to want black men, especially homeless black men out of downtown Atlanta. Hence an obsession for Kasim Reed, and if his wealthy real estate backers is closing down the large homeless shleter at Peachtree& Pine, at the edge of downtown Atlanta only a mile from the site of Occupy Atlanta where hundreds of men, many of them gainfully employed, sleep every night.
Where the Occupy Movement in Atlanta May Be Going
About half the Atlanta occupation in Woodruff Park was composed of homeless mostly black men who had been in the park on a daily basis befor the occupation. When the mostly white occupiers brought tents and food in, some the homeless got tents too, and were able to use the portable toilets. The homeless men were fed along with the occupiers, and took part in daily marches to banks, the scenes of police shootings and other activities. Though significant tensions existed within and among the occupiers, homeless and not, the two were beginning to learn how to work together.
Headquarters of the occupation, according to some of its leaders, may be moving to the Peachtree-Pine shelter complex at the edge of downtown. In contrast to cities where the mostly white occupations have utterly failed to connect with the ongoing struggles of local residents, Atlanta's occupiers are being driven into the arms of the homeless community. The next version of Occupy Atlanta will be even less to the liking of city officials and business leaders.
Why are police arresting thousands and dispersing “Occupy” gatherings in dozens of cities across the nation? Because they know that the occupy movement is a clear, present and persistent danger to established authority. People are emerging from their homes --- if they still have homes --- freeing themselves from TV and shopping, if they still have anything to shop with. They are coming out on corners in hundreds of cities and towns, most of them, for their first political activity beyond the narrow vote-and-go-home model sold to them by the two corporate parties.
Neither occupations nor occupiers are perfect. People are coming as they are, bringing the baggage of racism and classism and sexism, of divergent political views, of poverty, homelessness and despair. But they are coming. They are eager to connect with each other, to connect with whatever movement exists, or to help bring one into being that can challenge and change the world they live in. They are ready to learn and do real politics. What could possibly be more subversive, and more hopeful?
BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon lives in Marietta GA, where he is a principal at Campaign Foundations, a strategic telephony and consulting firm, and a state committee member of the Georgia Green Party. Email him at
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On this day, May 13, in 1985, Philadelphia police dropped a bomb on a house that was home to a radical cult, sparking a fire that killed 11 and burned down an entire neighborhood.
The extremist group, MOVE, moved onto quiet, tree-lined Osage Avenue. Then members assembled a large arsenal, built a giant bunker on the roof and used loudspeakers to scream profanities at all hours.
After a standoff, Mayor W. Wilson Goode ordered police to raid the building. A Philadelphia police helicopter dropped the bomb onto the house. The roof was covered with tar and gas, and a horrific fire broke out. Police and MOVE members exchanged gunfire and it took an hour before the fire department began extinguishing the blaze.
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Ever since season 2 of "The Walking Dead" picked back up I've been giddy with excitement over all the happenings with our band of zombie killers. And with news today that British actor David Morrissey will be joining the cast in season 3 as "The Governor", the leader of a group of survivors that the run into Rick and the gang, well I'm just skipping around. Alright honestly I don't even know who this guy but this is the best you're going to get today. Don't forget to tip your waiter.
Christian Bale has been confirmed to be taking the lead role in a new revenge flick from "Crazy Heart" director Scott Cooper titled "Out of the Furnace". The film is set in 1986 Indiana and Bale will play a former prisoner who finds out his brother has been murdered while he was locked up. I smell prison shower scene! Not literally, I don't know what that would actually smell like. Awful I bet.
I've lost track of what's actually going on with the "Robocop" remake but it looks like "The Killing" star Joel Kinnaman has received an offer from MGM to take on the lead role of Alex Murphy, the cop turned robot.. or Robocop as you might call him. Seriously, didn't Colin Farrell already take the role? What the hell is going on here. Where am I!?
I didn't want to talk about this because I feel like there's a new casting update every day for some new horror show but here goes. Dave Annable has joined the cast of "666 Park Avenue." Please update your score cards.
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A SWAT team in Florida spent over 8 hours this past Sunday in a heated stand off with a 75 year old man they thought had barricaded himself in his house. Of course heated in this case means the guy was actually just fast asleep from a mixture of alcohol and sleeping pills but it's Florida, they use different terms down there.
This guy in Florida isn't just your average run of the mill public masturbater. No he makes weird animal noises in the bushes to attract people while he's doing it. Of course if you walk over to a bush because there's weird animal noises coming from it you should probably get bit by an animal so seeing a guy go to town on himself might not be that bad.
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A mother in California has been arrested after her pre-teen kids became sick after eating cookies she had made laced with pot. Apparently no charges are being brought up on the kids for ganging her stash, I'll never understand the legal system.
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DATE:June 13, 1995
Dear Friend,
Thank you for your prompt response.
We agree that shipping to Thailand would be prohibitively
expensive. Furthermore, it is impossible for anyone in
Thailand to receive anything like that without exorbitant
customs fees.
What we suggest, is that you ask around for someone who is
going to Thailand. A computer can be carried in as personal
luggage with no problem. Even if it is carried in parts by
several people, we could collect the boxes there. If anything
could be carried to Thailand this summer, it could be delivered
to the hotel in Bangkok where we stay while we are in the city.
At any time boxes could be mailed from Bangkok directly to
the clinic, the address of which we can provide.
The other alternative is to have it carried to Japan. Many
teachers in Japan spend their summer vacations in Thailand, so
it is quite easy for us to have supplies carried to Thailand.
Once the boxes are in Japan, they could be sent to our
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Our residence/office address is no secret, but we would rather
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It's Not the Best Solution for Loop Control. Here's Why
By F. Greg Shinskey
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On these pages, in May 2010 (Maximizing Control-Loop Performance), I described two measures of economic performance for regulatory control loops based on the direction of a load disturbance:
1. If the controlled variable is driven from setpoint in the "safe" direction—away from specification limits—the economic penalty varies directly with its integrated error in returning to setpoint.
2. If the controlled variable is driven in the "unsafe" direction—toward the specification limit—the economic penalty varies with peak deviation, as that determines how far the setpoint must be positioned from that limit.
Fortunately, the integrated error (IE) is easy to calculate for any PID controller, ideal or not, as derived in that reference:
Equation 1
where ∆m is the percent change in manipulated variable m required to return the controlled variable to setpoint following a disturbance; P is the percent proportional band; and I is the integral time of the controller. This formula applies with or without derivative. In the presence of a sampling element of scan time ∆t, or a filter of time constant τf, or a dead-time compensator τdc, the integral time in Equation 1 is augmented thereby.
Figure 1 plots the response of an integrating process, such as liquid level with dead time, following a step-load change introduced at the controller output. The deviation grows during the process dead time just as it would in the open loop. From that point onward, the proportional action of the controller reduces its growth rate as determined by the width of the band, ideally reaching a peak before the next dead time elapses. But the wider the proportional band, the longer this takes, and the larger is the resulting peak.
Optimum Tuning
Regardless of the direction of the upset, the obvious strategy is to minimize the proportional band (maximize proportional gain), but this works only to the point where oscillation develops. Minimizing IE alone would result in continuous cycling. Damping must be provided to insure stability and allow for some variation in process parameters—a property known as "robustness." So an optimum proportional band must be found that provides the best combination of minimal peak deviation and IE, along with damping and robustness. These properties are combined in the red response curve in Figure 1, which happens to represent the minimum integrated absolute error (IAE) in response to a load step for a PI controller on this process, an integrator with dead time τd
Minimum-IAE response is a mathematical fiction that just happens to combine these desirable properties. IAE is not usually calculated on-line, as it grows with noise level and must be divided by the size of the disturbance to indicate performance. Its primary use is in simulations as in Figure 1. Then, once having accepted this as a desirable response, its pattern can be emulated while tuning on-line. The optimum response curve has a symmetrical first peak, a setpoint overshoot about one-tenth of the first peak, and a decay ratio of the damped oscillation of about 0.2. The robustness of the tuning is indicated by the approach to continuous oscillation when the proportional band is reduced by two-thirds—a change in loop gain equivalent to a 50% increase in process gain.
The tuning rules for attaining minimum-IAE step-load response on an integrating process with dead time are very simply:
Equation 2
where τd and τ1 are the dead time and integrating time of the process respectively. The proportional setting determines the symmetry of the first peak and the damping as shown; the integral setting determines the degree of overshoot or undershoot. The optimum integral time was used for all of the curves in Figure 1.
The focus here is on load response being the primary objective of a regulatory control loop. This is especially true when controlling liquid level, pressure, temperature and composition in a continuous process plant or power plant. These loops operate at a single setpoint for months at a time. Their setpoint response is therefore irrelevant. (For those loops that must respond to setpoint changes, a solution is recommended later that can be effectively applied without compromising load response.)
Model-Based Control
Over the last two decades it has become fashionable to include a process model or its inverse into the controller, resulting in such a configuration as internal-model control (IMC) and model-predictive control (MPC). Academics especially have promoted these technologies as generally superior to PID control in providing more robust and predictable response to setpoint changes and other disturbances. But this practuce results from overlooking the dynamic functions in the path of load disturbances (see Control, May 2011, "Meditating on Disturbance Dynamics." When model-based controller parameters are simply matched to process parameters, load response curves decay exponentially along the time constant in the load path. Aggressive tuning can overcome this limitation, but this practice conflicts with the intent of the model-matching procedure.
Given the huge installed base of PID controllers, it was logical to expect that some model-based proponents would develop tuning methods that could make a PID appear to emulate a model-based controller in a closed loop. This approach seems to have been encouraged by the false assumption that load disturbances enter the loop directly at the controlled variable with no dynamics in their path, as described by Chia and Lefkowitz in "Robust PID Tuning Using IMC Technology," InTech, Oct., Nov. 1992.
In practice, load variables are very much like manipulated variables, being flow rates or properties of flowing streams, like temperature and composition, and often are driven by the output of another controller. Their dynamics are similar and, in fact, usually identical to those of the manipulated variable, consisting of dead time and dominant lag. For example, in a liquid-level loop, inflow could be manipulated to balance against the outflow as load, or vice-versa.
Lambda Tuning
In recent years, this practice of emulating model-based response using PID controllers has been simplified with the introduction of "lambda" (λ) tuning, wherein λ represents the closed-loop time constant of the loop’s response to setpoint changes. Proponents suggest values for λ ranging from one to three times the dominant process lag. With λ = 1, setpoint response would be essentially the same as stepping the controller output in manual; higher values will only make it slower. When controlling flow, whose response time may be 5 seconds or thereabouts, this approach is reasonable.
But there are lambda-tuning rules for PI liquid-level controllers which make no sense at all. Liquid-level controllers are in practice never required to respond to setpoint changes, and interestingly, require no integral action to do so if required. A level controller’s output must match the load in the steady state, therefore, its output will be the same after a setpoint change as before. Then ∆m in Equation 1 is zero and, therefore, IE is also zero, resulting in an equal-area overshoot. A proportional controller can drive level to a new setpoint without overshoot, but with integral action, setpoint overshoot is unavoidable. Consequently, lambda tuning of a PI controller on an integrating process cannot achieve its intended result of exponential setpoint response.
Lambda-tuning rules for an integrating process such as liquid level are given by Blevins, McMillan, Wojsznis and Brown in Advanced Control Unleashed, ISA (2003), p. 220:
Equation 3
where closed-loop time constant λ can be as high as 3t1. These rules give a clue to the weakness of lambda tuning: the controller settings vary directly with λ, which is chosen arbitrarily, usually as a multiple of the dominant process time constant τ1. By contrast, the minimum-IAE rules vary controller settings with dead time, which is the limiting factor in the controllability of a process.
Performance Comparison
Compare the integrated error for the two methods by solving Equation 1 for each set of rules. For lambda tuning, IE/∆m = λ21, whereas for minimum-IAE tuning, IE/∆m = 4.2τd21. To achieve equivalent performance, λ would have to be set to 2td, which for lag-dominant processes is always a fraction of τ1. If λ is, in fact, set there, then both tuning rules arrive at essentially the same results. So the real problem with lambda tuning is that λ is linked arbitrarily to the process time constant, rather than fixed at twice its dead time.
Applying the value of one time constant to lambda results in a proportional band of twice the optimum and an integral time also twice the optimum. Load responses are simulated in Figure 2 for an integrating process whose time constant is five dead times.
With the proportional band and integral time both doubled under lambda tuning, IE is now four times the optimum, and peak deviation is higher by a factor of 1.58 and takes more than twice as long to be reached. Since IE increases with λ2, investigating higher values is pointless.
Self-Regulating Processes
Lambda-tuning rules for self-regulating processes are given by Blevins, et. al., as:
Equation 4
where Kp is the steady-state process gain. IE/∆m then comes out to be Kpλ. Again, observe the arbitrary setting of the proportional band as a function of λ, which could be anywhere from 1τ1 to 3τ1. By comparison, the minimum-IAE settings for a lag-dominant process are similar to those given in Equation 2, except that the coefficient for the integral time reduces from 4 to 3.4 to 2.9 as the τd1 ratio increases from 0 to 0.1 to 0.2. This covers the bulk of fluid processes such as heat exchangers, columns and stirred tanks.
Consider a self-regulating process where τd1 = 0.2. Minimum-IAE tuning gives Popt = 105Kptd1 and Iopt = 2.9τd, with a resulting IE/∆m = 3.05Kptd2. To approach this result with lambda tuning, λ would have to be reduced to 0.12τ1, or 0.6τd. However, Equation 4 does not allow an integral time less than τ1, so minimum-IAE results cannot be approached. Figure 3 compares the load response for the case where λ= τ1
Figure 4
Determining setpoint
Figure 4. Setpoint is determined by its gain setting.
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I'd be said too.I think we'd all be said.
Don't make Mark said. You wouldn't like Mark when he's said.
If anyone leaves, just replace them all with Don Cheadle.
Or Affleck! Actor drops out? Affleck! Need to re-cast a role? Affleck!
All the cast members bar Robert Downey Jr have multiple picture deals don't they? Ruffallo has a 6 picutre deal as the hulk i believe
With the amount of money the Marvel films are pulling in, I would be amazed if they had to recast anyone on purely a financial decision. Initially, I can understand it was a gamble- but after the success of the Avengers?
Downey is the one most likely not to return. Some of the other actors might want a pay raise after how well the first Avengers film did, though.
Or Mark Ruffalo!
What makes you say that? Everything I've heard indicates that RDJ adores the role.
The Avengers took in $1.5 billion at the box office and apparently $220 million to make,even if we add another $200 million for marketing(no idea how much it is),its still over $1 billion..not including merchandising
Disney would be nuts to complain about the financial side of the movie
Said or sad?
Hope it will be better than Iron Man 3. Just watched it today and was very disappointed. Personally preferred IM2 over 3...but think I will be in a minority!!
I'm not too worried. Unless any of the actors hated being a part of a massive blockbuster then they'll be back. It's so huge that they couldn't turn it down.
This is kinda the point of "The Avengers". It's an ensemble movie - no actor, or character, is indispensable. Robert Downey Jr. wants 50 million for an extended cameo? Well, Don Cheadle is available for half a million, and it would be interesting to see what Don would do when he's not playing side-kick. Jackson wants 10% of the gross and creative control? Let's have Captain America, the mos apolitical man in the world, reluctantly running SHIELD, and dealing with the politics the job ensues. With Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch on board, it might be best to pass on some original characters to open up screen real-estate.
Don't have a Hulk film made by Ang Lee. You wouldn't like it when it's by Ang Lee.
I enjoyed it more than IM1 & 2. The more Cheadle the better - he's awesome!
I believe there was an interview where he said that the role is very physically demanding and it really hurts an old guy like him. Plus (not a spoiler I hope) IM3 seemed to wrap things up for the IM character somewhat which could be leading to this speculation.
I'd be more sad than said, that's for darn sure.
Should we recast Daredevil with Ben Affleck?
Marvel are bastards, that's how they have risen to the top, by treating talent as things that must be squeezed and whipped - always have been, always will be. Ask Frank Miller. Anyway, this sounds more like an issue with agents rather than with actors - as if actors make any of the important decisions. Hand them script, tell them they're getting paid and actors will quite happily say whatever is written on the pages. The majority are about as intellectually curious as a can of baked beans.
As my good friend said, it's like playing for their country. They all have their clubs (Iron Man, Thor, Cpt America) but they should be doing the Avengers for a lot less of a pay cheque!
Got to feel for Ruffalo, he didn't get to do his own movie and in the Avengers the Hulk smashed (excuse the pun) the others out of the park!
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The story that we'll all have to undergo fingerprint scans to leave the US is apparently false, at least for now.
It got wide currency, e.g. Slashdot's Homeland Security To Scan Citizens Exiting US, but according to Stewart Baker, ex Dept. of Homeland Security policy czar, it's not quite true; instead, only foreigners will be subjected to the fingerprint screening on exit. As Baker notes, this isn't really a security measure (since whatever harm the exiting person might have committed is a done deal by then), but rather about immigration controls. And the (not cost-effective) scans are something mandated by Congress, not a choice made by either the Bush or Obama administrations.
I think there would be some constitutional issues in requiring a fingerprint scan to exit the US (but not, alas, if foreign countries require it as a condition of entry, and airlines do it here to save the cost of returning travelers who are held undesirable). But that's for another day, it seems
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protein Protein-protein interface(s) links
Splicing/signaling protein PDB id
Protein chains
64 a.a. *
12 a.a. *
* Residue conservation analysis
PDB id:
Name: Splicing/signaling protein
Title: Structural basis of pxxdy motif recognition in sh3 binding
Structure: Epidermal growth factor receptor kinase substrate 8-like protein 1. Chain: a. Fragment: sh3 domain. Synonym: epidermal growth factor receptor pathway substrate 8-related protein 1, eps8-like protein 1. Engineered: yes. 12-meric peptide from t-cell surface glycoprotein cd3 epsilon chain.
Source: Homo sapiens. Human. Organism_taxid: 9606. Gene: eps8l1. Expressed in: escherichia coli. Expression_system_taxid: 562. Synthetic: yes. Other_details: synthetic construct. This sequence occurs naturally in humans.
NMR struc: 20 models
Authors: O.Aitio,M.Hellman,T.Kesti,I.Kleino,O.Samuilova, H.Tossavainen,K.Paakkonen,K.Saksela,P.Permi
Key ref:
O.Aitio et al. (2008). Structural basis of PxxDY motif recognition in SH3 binding. J Mol Biol, 382, 167-178. PubMed id: 18644376 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.07.008
02-Apr-08 Release date: 03-Mar-09
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Protein chain
Pfam ArchSchema ?
Q8TE68 (ES8L1_HUMAN) - Epidermal growth factor receptor kinase substrate 8-like protein 1
723 a.a.
64 a.a.*
Protein chain
Pfam ArchSchema ?
P07766 (CD3E_HUMAN) - T-cell surface glycoprotein CD3 epsilon chain
207 a.a.
12 a.a.
Key: PfamA domain PfamB domain Secondary structure CATH domain
* PDB and UniProt seqs differ at 4 residue positions (black crosses)
DOI no: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.07.008 J Mol Biol 382:167-178 (2008)
PubMed id: 18644376
Structural basis of PxxDY motif recognition in SH3 binding.
O.Aitio, M.Hellman, T.Kesti, I.Kleino, O.Samuilova, K.Pääkkönen, H.Tossavainen, K.Saksela, P.Permi.
We have determined the solution structure of epidermal growth factor receptor pathway substrate 8 (Eps8) L1 Src homology 3 (SH3) domain in complex with the PPVPNPDYEPIR peptide from the CD3epsilon cytoplasmic tail. Our structure reveals the distinct structural features that account for the unusual specificity of the Eps8 family SH3 domains for ligands containing a PxxDY motif instead of canonical PxxP ligands. The CD3epsilon peptide binds Eps8L1 SH3 in a class II orientation, but neither adopts a polyproline II helical conformation nor engages the first proline-binding pocket of the SH3 ligand binding interface. Ile531 of Eps8L1 SH3, instead of Tyr or Phe residues typically found in this position in SH3 domains, renders this hydrophobic pocket smaller and nonoptimal for binding to conventional PxxP peptides. A positively charged arginine at position 512 in the n-Src loop of Eps8L1 SH3 plays a key role in PxxDY motif recognition by forming a salt bridge to D7 of the CD3epsilon peptide. In addition, our structural model suggests a hydrogen bond between the hydroxyl group of the aromatic ring of Y8 and the carboxyl group of E496, thus explaining the critical role of the PxxDY motif tyrosine residue in binding to Eps8 family SH3. These finding have direct implications also for understanding the atypical binding specificity of the amino-terminal SH3 of the Nck family proteins.
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Figure 3.
Fig. 3. Calorimetric titration of 12.5 μM Eps8L1 SH3 with 0.25 mM CD3ε peptide (PPVPNPDYEPIR) in 10 mM Tris–HCl buffer (pH 7.5), 50 mM NaCl, and 25 μM DTT at 25 °C.
Figure 5.
Fig. 5. Schematic presentation of (a) class I SH3 ligand binding (e.g., binding of the RPLPPLP peptide to Src SH3; 1QWF).^16 (b) Class II SH3 ligand binding (e.g., binding of TPQVPLR peptide from HIV-1 Nef to Fyn SH3; 1AVZ).^17 (c) Binding of CD3ε-derived peptide PPVPNPDY to Eps8L1 SH3 (2ROL) found in this study.
The above figures are reprinted by permission from Elsevier: J Mol Biol (2008, 382, 167-178) copyright 2008.
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21227701 T.Kaneko, S.S.Sidhu, and S.S.Li (2011).
Evolving specificity from variability for protein interaction domains.
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Contribution of asparagine residues to the stabilization of a proteinaceous antigen-antibody complex, HyHEL-10-hen egg white lysozyme.
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Recognition of tandem PxxP motifs as a unique Src homology 3-binding mode triggers pathogen-driven actin assembly.
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20418908 P.S.Liu, T.H.Jong, M.C.Maa, and T.H.Leu (2010).
The interplay between Eps8 and IRSp53 contributes to Src-mediated transformation.
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Structure of human lanthionine synthetase C-like protein 1 and its interaction with Eps8 and glutathione.
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Investigations By First Graders
by Jane Bresnick
a publication of Synergy Learning
Imagine stepping into a classroom buzzing with scientific activity. You see children working in small groups on the floor, at tables, in all parts of the room. Heads are bent together in deeply-focused observation or discussion. The language meaningful, occasionally punctuated by the thrill of discovery, "Oh, that's so interesting!" When asked what they are doing, children say: "I'm trying to see if this big ball can knock the blocks down," or, "I want to see which ball can roll the farthest," or, "I wonder if I can make the ball go up the ramp."
These are first graders independently exploring the laws of physics, or, as they experience it, experimenting with balls and ramps. While many educators may be doubtful that children as young as five or six years old have enough background knowledge, skills, stamina, or initiative to engage in independent investigations in science, I have found that they can and will, with great success.
In my first year doing inquiry in a kindergarten classroom, I focused on my own role as facilitator. I was interested in learning how to guide my students' work and was trying to determine how much to offer into their activities (both materials and advice). After first concentrating on modeling the process skills of inquiry (observing, questioning, interpreting, etc.), I set out this year to use inquiry to teach content, and find ways to assess it.
Discussing the design
Discussing the design
Exploration: Getting to know the materials
In my first-grade class this year, we began by getting acquainted with the materials and phenomena in a "Balls and Ramps" kit. During this unstructured exploration time, children discovered interesting aspects of how things worked, and their natural interests were sparked. They also formed theories from which questions would later arise.
At first, the class was presented with balls of various sizes and weights, as well as pieces of cardboard, toilet paper rolls, scissors, and tape. The students made roads for their balls. I purposefully did not talk about inclines. Yet, as they worked in pairs, they all designed their own, "hills in their roads." Some experimented with roller coasters, sending their balls not only downhill, but uphill as well. Though they did not yet have the vocabulary to describe what was happening, they were dedicated to making those balls move up and down.
As a group, we took a walk around the room to view the various roads everyone had made, and began to notice differences and similarities. Students shared results of how their balls traveled.
After the students experienced and reflected upon the concept of the "incline," I introduced the formal term to them. Because they had already discovered it for themselves, they were able to understand the concept better than if I had showed it to them initially. This gave them a sense of ownership over their discovery.
Because I consider reflection a critical component of inquiry, I asked students to draw and write about their experiments. In drawing and writing, students can look back on what they thought occurred and why. In this case, students were instructed, for homework, to draw the road they had created, show how the ball moved, and write a sentence describing this. The following day we used the homework papers to remind us of our experiences with the balls and roads. The students¯ work provided various models for recording data.
Observing and learning to ask questions
After my students discovered the concept of the incline, we looked at ways to create different inclines by changing the angle of a board. As we worked, I modeled questioning for the class by asking: "I wonder what will happen if I roll my ball down this ramp?" "I wonder what will happen if I hold the ramp up higher?"
I asked students to try rolling balls on different ramps and observe what happened. It was not important that a particular angle of incline be used, or a particular ball, or even a particular sequence of actions. The pairs of students chose their work space, devised their own ways in which to hold up the board, determined their own pacing, and voiced their own "wonders." Some students went beyond the directed focus, trying out two ramps in a V-shape, rolling a ball down one and watching it roll up the other.
Building a ramp structure
Building a ramp structure
Following these activities, we again came back to the whole group to review. By this time, the children had had enough experience with the materials to focus on some very reasonable "wondering" for further exploration. I wrote down their "I Wonder" ideas on chart paper to remind us of what we were thinking.
More questions and mini-investigations
The students' mini-investigations were done in three parts: "I wonder . . ." "My plan . . ." and "I Found Out . . ." We started by reviewing the activities of the previous day. The "I wonder" questions that I had modeled for them received a lot of response from the group. As I expected, they practiced their own "I wonder . . ." questions, thus following through on my modeling. Children began to expect to discover answers to their own questions. The process of investigation became meaningful because the ownership came from student work, not from a worksheet created for them.
With the knowledge the students had acquired through their free explorations, and with the ability to come up with questions that could reasonably be tested, the children were now ready to move forward with their own mini-investigations. After a warm-up brainstorming session, the children were asked to write their questions by following the: "I wonder . . ." template. We used these questions to identify small groups of students with similar interests.
Some students were interested in speed, others in distance, and still others in the force of the rolling ball hitting another object. Next, each group made a plan to answer their "I wonder . . ." question. The plans were explained out loud before the groups began their investigations.
Sharing plans as a group helped the individual children clearly articulate their own plans. The children experienced pride in knowing the distinction between playing and doing a planned investigation. At the end of the period, the students drew and wrote what they found out in their explorations using the "I found out . . ." prompt. This template delineated expectations and helped children reflect upon their investigations. In reviewing these papers with the children, I celebrated their successes, or worked with them to redefine their question or think about other plans.
Completed "I wonder" templates
Completed "I wonder" templates
Completed "I wonder" templates
Lessons learned
After several years of examining my role in facilitating an inquiry-based science unit, I have learned that teacher modeling of the processes of inquiry is the most crucial element.
After being given ample opportunity to freely explore the materials, the students will either continue to "play around" or begin to study and work on meaningful discoveries. What separates true inquiry from play are the processes of observing and questioning, and then developing and following a plan of action. This process leads to more inquiries that are progressively more focused and meaningful.
Modeling questioning gives the children a sense of what is reasonable to ask, given the constraints of materials available and location in or out of the classroom. Making plans helps students to see ways in which they can use their prior knowledge to seek answers to their questions. Following through with a plan demonstrates the expectation that we really do want to find answers, and that it is possible to do so. The students¯ belief in this expectation results in better observing, better questioning, and better inquiry practice overall.
As the facilitator I have found that I am able to guide the direction of the students' investigation toward the discoveries of specific content matter. If I want my students to understand that a rolling ball can be a force upon another object which would cause that object to move, I can position a block at the bottom of my ramp and ask, "I wonder what will happen to the block when I roll my ball down the ramp?" Content learning is not accidental in this process. It lies in the carefully guided modeling and questioning of the teacher/facilitator.
Jane Bresnick is a 1st grade teacher at Ulloa Elementary School in San Francisco, California.
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New police and crime commissioners, from left, Bob Jones, Matthew Ellis and Bill Longmore
But in what is being labelled as the worst election turnout ever, it has emerged that many polling stations went unused during Thursday’s vote.
Voting watchdog the Electoral Commission has launched a “thorough review” into what went wrong.
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Comments for: "Winners in Midlands police commissioners poll are named"
I was told in polling station on Thursday at about 2pm that I was the 45th voter who had come into the station – pathetic !!!
The low turn-out shows me that they have no mandate to be in the job, yet the PM says they do. What a fiasco and debacle and democracy is the loser !
If the electorate wish to have a say in what happens to their country then they must vote accordingly. The idea of compulsory voting appears to be a very good idea in every election political or otherwise. Perhaps some form of financial penalty should be enforced to ensure voters do get off their backsides.
Money should have been spent on a proper poll voting explanation
Now money will be wasted on a "thorough review" (you could see this one coming)!
peter potts
ppl not voteing tells you that we dont need police comissioners with a £100.000 pound a year wage when we are haveing cuts in the police force money would be better spent in the police putting police back on the streets were they should be forceing ppl to vote will force ppl to vote for any idiot
faiz Bannourah
Bob Jones got my vote, I voted at 8pm after work,the girls who manned the polling station looked bored, with such turn out I am glad for the West Midlands to have an experienced man in charge of the police.
Good luck Bob.
John Thompson
100 million the cost of this election should have been spent on the schools it closed for the election fiasco
Maybe if people knew who was doing what then they would have voted !
I had never even heard of anyone standing for commissioner the most I saw was a polling card pushed hrough my door , but why should we vote for something that we have no idea on ?
It is not as if we had any follow up from the candidates .
I went to vote around 16:10hrs and was told that I was the 11th person, but the two Council staff got paid and fed so it's a good thing I suppose.
English Exile
41 police commissioners appointed at £100,000 each per year.
For a country in deep recession they sure know how to waste money.
How did we ever manage without them??
I cant see the point in these jobs we take officers off streets and put a select few on a 100.000 pound a year jobs to be desk jokeys plus all perks that go with it as for earlier comment people will vote when they see a good reason not for a select few to get cushy jobs then we waste more money on enquiry to why we didnt vote its laughable
Ditto peter potts and bert, I for one didnt have a booklet come thru the door explaining what we were voting for or who so didnt bother. When the voting was so low it should have been scrapped. In a union vote for industrial action you have to have 75% of the majority to take action otherwise it breaks down so why not this ? simple because the government wanted it, hence soeone in a cushy job onn 100 grand a year for four years !! | http://www.expressandstar.com/news/crime/2012/11/17/winners-in-midlands-police-commissioners-poll-are-named356035/ | dclm-gs1-169990002 | false | false | {
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Her husband had said nothing since they had left home. Not a word. She in turn, had remained silent, watching the miles of suburbia as they headed out of North London in the light traffic of a Saturday evening. Looked at the mock Tudor in Woodford, the Mercedes in the driveways and the neat hedges. Inside those houses were women like herself; respectable and respected, putting their children to bed, their stockbroker spouses drinking after dinner whiskies. These women were different from her now though, and always would be from this night on. They hadn’t forced their husbands to drive out to a remote part of Epping Forest so that they could be fucked by men they had never met and would never meet again. Twice or maybe three times she nearly changed her mind. Nearly gave in to the impulse to keep things as they were. But the decision, the instinct that had been with her all week was, she found to her surprise, unshakeable. She wanted to destroy something. Someone she didn’t want to be anymore.
As the expensive houses receded and the forest took over she retreated a little more into the mink coat she was wearing. She didn’t feel sexual or anticipatory; just very tense. Maybe it was because her imagination hadn’t really caught up with her decision making. The idea alone had propelled her, the likely reality was so far out of her experience that she couldn’t think it through, couldn’t see it in her head. Not surprising, she thought, it had only been on the Monday that a chance remark from a woman who couldn’t resist gossip, had turned her life upside down.
She had been having coffee with Jackie Martin after the Monday morning gym session. She always had coffee with Jack after gym. She didn’t really like her but it was a routine now. This time, she could tell that Jackie really wanted to tell her something exceptional. On the exercise bikes and in the weights section she was building up the story, using phrases like “Sam, you’ll never believe it” and “Kate Mellors, of all people”. Eventually, after looking carefully around the empty coffee bar for possible eavesdroppers, she had leant forward and whispered “She went dogging with her boyfriend and got shagged by three men over the boot of her car”.
Samantha had no idea what ‘dogging’ was but the three men part of the story was clear enough. She didn’t know Kate Mellors beyond a casual acquaintanceship but well enough to picture an attractive woman in her early forties, newly divorced and with two sons at Harrow. Her ex husband, Sam remembered, was a senior partner at a big firm of accountants – just as Paul, her own husband was. ‘What’s dogging?’ Sam asked.
Jackie had looked at her in obvious amazement at such naivety. ‘You know, going to car parks to have sex with other people. Like that footballer, whatisname did. You can either watch or join in.’
Sam suddenly had many questions but could only say ‘where?’
‘In a car park near Blackheath apparently. Quite a well known spot if you know about these things it would seem. But I mean, what a slut. I was told that she went there naked under her coat…and the men were all black.’ Jackie shook her head in a clear display of disapproval. ‘She’ll get what she deserves.’
Afterwards, Sam was to identify those few unexpected sentences as the catalyst that changed her life. At the time, no such coherent understanding existed. She just knew that she had been told about someone who had done something extraordinary in a way she had never done. She, who had been married to Paul at twenty one. No university, no living to speak of. Only three boyfriends before she married and now two children at private school and sixteen years of sex so boring that it barely existed. An appearance in Vogue many years ago, to both prove her beauty and to mock her now for taking it nowhere.
The shift in her thinking was so fast and so total that it could not find expression. Sam even found herself incapable of giving Jackie the usual glib agreement that she might have once offered about Kate Mellors. She said only: ‘It sounds rather fun’ and standing up, left, never to return to the gym again.
When she had got home. Sam took all her clothes off in the kitchen and having found the biggest carrot in her vegetable rack had bent over her kitchen table and, reaching behind, fucked herself thinking of black men and black cocks and cars and car parks. Afterwards, still naked, she had searched the internet for everything she could find on dogging. She had read the messages, looked at photos, printed off locations and masturbated for a second time. A picnic site in Epping Forest was where she had decided to go.
She was holding the directions now and they were close to their destination. But a different sort of journey during that week had seen them to their current hostile silence. For two days she had said nothing, not believing what she herself was thinking. Obsessing with the idea. Awake at night with thoughts she had never had. Then on the Wednesday after she had virtually forced Paul to have sex with her she told him what she wanted. Three nights of argument and abuse followed. He had called her a whore and a bitch and a slut. He had even hit her. The intensity of his reaction surprised her. Her determination made him angry and as far as Sam could remember, he had never been angry before, never showed that passion. She knew from what he was saying that it was actually some idea of himself that he couldn’t stand losing and not that he cared about the thing itself. She had given him an ultimatum to agree or to lose her. He hadn’t believed her but that morning he had agreed to take her (but on the condition they did nothing) as one might humour a difficult child. She knew he thought she was having a brainstorm which would pass. She knew, and he didn’t, that the marriage was over.
Paul made a noise, a sort of clearing of his throat, then: ‘It must be off this road. This is the sign for the picnic area. What do those directions say again?’
The sound of his voice was so unexpected that Sam returned to reality with a sudden jolt and a lurch of her stomach. ‘Oh’ she said, reading them again, although she knew it by heart. ‘Go down the track for 400m and turn left into the car park – that’s all’.
The car bumped its way down the forest track. Leaving the main road added a new dimension of nearness to an unknown meeting. She felt the urge to turn back rising again, an urge heightened as they entered the car park. Several cars were there, their sidelights on, she could see people moving between them in the faint light. The headlights of Paul’s car picking out a couple of old Fords and a VW with a wild paint scheme. The fact that they were in a brand new and very expensive BMW with all that implied, gave her a shaft of real fear. A recognition that she might have willfully and stupidly bought them somewhere seriously dangerous.
Her husband parked the car well away from the others, maybe fifty yards or more and switched off the engine and lights. She just glimpsed a wooden picnic table, a sign of the place’s more normal use. He said nothing but as the sound of the BMW’s systems shutting down died away she heard his tense breathing, sensed the anger and then the explosive ‘you stupid bitch’ and more silence. She sat for a while thinking only blank thoughts before a decision unsought and unconscious made her press the button to lower her window.
The warm late August night, heavy with dew and forest scents drifted softly into the car. As always, on such nights, sound carried with great clarity and she could hear voices, both men and women, interspersed with laughter and the clink of bottles. She could even see cigarette smoke dispersing in the faint light. She wondered if it was their arrival that was being laughed at – the shy and retiring rich bastards. The amateurs. She listened for a while and realized that she was just that, an amateur, a middle class failure who knew nothing of the more visceral (or so it seemed to her) culture over by the old cars. Her fantasies had been about anonymous fucking, they hadn’t involved real people. Real people it seemed, who were going to laugh amongst themselves and take not the slightest interest in her or her life changing mission. The mink and the ruinously expensive black lingerie served only to mock her now.
She listened for a while and then turned to Paul to tell him to drive away. To go. But the remote control that seemed to have affected her subliminal self all week manifested itself again. Even as she formed the words her hand switched on the interior light. Some sense that she did not want to fail completely, that a statement was needed, that she had been to this place and done something. Her hands went down to her husband’s crotch and she unzipped his jeans. ‘Oh, for fucks sake’, he said but made no attempt to stop her, said nothing more as she pulled his cock out. Sam looked at the flaccid member in her hands with something close to fear. If she failed now, her sexual ignominy was complete. Not even looked at by a stranger and a husband not aroused by her touch. She had never given Paul a blow job, hadn’t done one since she was seventeen, wasn’t good at it then and likely, she thought, to be no better now. Panic forced her head down and put her mouth to work.
Perhaps it was the intensity of her trying, the urgency of her lips and the near frantic movement of her hand. Whatever it was, his cock became hard in her mouth, a slight moan telling her that he was involved. The moan gave her a new confidence and she slowed down a little, letting him slide out of her mouth and circling the tip with her tongue. She let saliva run down him and then softly enveloped his cock sucking and twisting her head. Sam didn’t really know what to do but the upthrust of his groin and the shift of his body down the seat told her what she needed to know. Just as she thought he was starting to come, he suddenly pushed her head away. She looked up in puzzlement to see why and saw as he was seeing, a face at the car window. The reflections made it hard to see, but it was a girl – a girl with a wide smile and she was making lowering motions with her hand. It was not Sam but her husband who lowered the window. ‘Thank fuck for that’ said the face. The face, Sam could now see of someone rather beautiful, twenty maybe, long dark hair and Sam thought, from the slight accent, Polish or Czech.
‘Open the door then’, this was said with a grin. ‘He’s going to lose that if we’re not careful’. The girl’s smile was infectious and a tension broke in Sam. The alien culture had come to them after all. At first she couldn’t remember where the central locking button was but in relief found it and released the door. ‘It’s quite a big one isn’t’? This was said with an undertone of mock admiration. ‘Shall we do it together? Do you mind?’
She felt utterly stupid answering. It seemed bizarre to assent to another girl asking if she could suck her husbands cock. She said ‘lets’ but the girl, who was wearing only jeans, naked above those, had already taken Paul in her hand and was kissing him hard at the same time. Sam knew that this was someone far more skilled than her, someone whose confidence was obvious. On an impulse, she bent her head and licked not her husband’s cock but the girl’s fingers. Immediately, dark hair cascaded over her and she found herself looking closely at some hazel eyes, a slight scent of Chanel and beer together. Unexpectedly, the girl kissed her, not softly but hard, biting her bottom lip. Sam tasted blood but also felt herself go wet, really wet and she kissed back, forcing her tongue against the other woman’s. The girl felt for Sam’s hand and pulled it across to her naked breast and as if by mutual consent their mouths moved to the hard penis beneath them. They licked the shaft together and then the hazel eyes flashed up at her, ‘I’ll do him and then you finish it. OK?’
The dark head bobbed up and down quickly, the mouth moving fast. A low sound came from the man ‘Oh fuck, fuck, fuck…..’
Sam’s hair was grasped by the girl and her face pushed down on to the ejaculating cock. Semen flooded her mouth and she gagged as her head was forced up and down. The hand kept her there as she semi choked on the come in her mouth. Seconds passed and with the release of the girls hand she sat upright and closed her eyes, holding the salty liquid behind her teeth. With her eyes still shut she leant out of the window, with the onset, tiny but persistent, of triumph in her mind. She let her mouth fall open, spitting slowly, car door metal cool against her cheek.
It was the slight shifting of feet on grass that opener her eyes. Right in front of her….people. People who had been looking in. Men, maybe five of them and a blonde girl. She could see all this because one of the men was holding a lantern of some description. The men had erect cocks in their hands. She saw tattoos, tee shirts, some without tops on. Muscular bodies, builders arms. Fear froze her and not moving her eyes from what she had seen, she let the remaining come dribble slowly down the car door.
‘Eva. Come here and do some of your best coaxing. I think we’ve put the fucking shits right up her.’ The biggest of the men stood back after saying this and the others did the same, melting some way back into the darkness. ‘Reassure her a bit.’
The dark haired girl quickly appeared by window. ‘Hello’ she said brightly. ‘Don’t worry they won’t hurt you….and anyway, I want to kiss you again.’ She opened the door and reached her hand in. Sam hesitated, the need to kiss was taking her but she first glanced round at her husband. She wanted a sign from him, support maybe. For him to get out too, but instead she saw him switch off the interior light and turn his face away. Her resolve, far from weakening, drew strength from this hypocrisy and she stepped out onto the forest floor, the damp grass under her feet, her mink slipping off behind her. She had never shown her cunt to a stranger before, now she wanted then all to see it. She fixed her eyes on the leader of the men and took her knickers off, slowly, deliberately.
The forest seemed suddenly silent to Sam. A motionless tableau, harsh breathing in the night air, her cunt wet. The accented voice giving its approval. ‘You are fucking stunning darling.’ This time the kiss was softer, longer, hands inside her bra, urgent. Sam’s own hands went to Eva’s breasts, instinctively squeezing the nipples between finger and thumb as she liked done to herself. She tightened her grip as Eva undid her own jeans and pulled them down. Her hand gently dragged down to the now naked pussy. Sam had never felt another girl before, hadn’t expected it to be so wet, for her fingers to go in so easily. Soft hair against Sam’s ear and naked thighs pushed hard against hers. A whisper, ‘Lick me please. On that table. I need to come now.’
It was only a few yards to the picnic table that Sam had seen earlier. Only a few yards but she felt part of a strange procession. Eva pulling her by the hand, the lantern swaying, faces, then feet illuminated, sweat on chests and arms. Eyes on her. Anticipating.
Sam, empowered as never before in her life, a star of the show but with no control of events. Needing to be fucked. To lose control, to have no control. Eva, pulling herself up onto the damp wood of the table and opening her legs. Sam looked at the shaven pussy and leant forward her on elbows, touching the wetness and opening with her fingers. The girl’s head sank back on the table but turned on one side to take an erect cock into her mouth. The man was holding the lantern and put it down on the table, his face lit and looking down at Sam and what she was doing. She put her tongue on Eva’s cunt, knowing where but not how. Dragging unevenly and slowly up the slick flesh, the clitoris harder than she expected, Eva’s legs pulled further apart by unseen hands on her knees.
Behind her, a cock was against her thighs, entering her. She had no idea which man but the first thrust caused her to slump her forehead down on Eva’s cunt. The girl moaned ‘Don’t stop, don’t stop….use your fingers in me.’ Sam licked hard, sensing the girl coming, she had three fingers in her now, her arm awkward against the wood of the table, the thrusting from behind jarring her. The man came, hotness inside her. Eva’s fingers were on herself now, greedy for her orgasm, sucking hard on the man in her mouth. Sam’s head was pulled back by the hair, another man in her, bigger, harder. The noise made her come, the wet slapping of one man’s semen penetrated by another, it was fast upon her, almost as if she was ambushed by it. Her face collapsed on Eva’s slowing fingers, her orgasm taking her somewhere she had never been. Never been near. So many years of touching, just touching the outside of something.
The shattering disturbance of her coming ebbed away and the forest smells and sounds returned. The night air and where she was in full realization. Beneath her, Eva’s pussy gave off its smell of sex and behind her another man came, thrusting hard and then replaced, another cock and this time she gripped the girls’ hips and kissed and bit her belly as unexpectedly another orgasm flooded over her.
They were all gone when Sam raised herself up. Low voices disappearing into the dark. No laughter, just a murmuring as if they too were satiated. Sam stood, leaning back on the table, unfocussed but feeling the come running down her thighs. Her own come and the semen strangely cool between her legs as the breeze touched it. Quite how many men had been in her she didn’t know. More than she had had in her life before, she thought. She looked across at the darkened BMW, knowing what he had seen. Knowing he hated her now. The girl, back again, holding Sam’s arm, writing on it. ‘My mobile….tomorrow…please’ and kissing her, long again, hard, her fingers in the wetness, looking down at her hand, leaving.
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